Children's understanding of the inverse relation between multiplication and division

Cognitive Development

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 310-321

  Robinson, Katherine M ^a   Dubé, Adam K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arithmetic; Conceptual knowledge; Division; Factual knowledge; Inversion; Multiplication; Procedural knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849087294     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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