Frequency, efficiency and flexibility of indirect addition in two learning environments

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 205-215

  De Smedt, Bert ^a   Torbeyns, Joke ^a,b   Stassens, Nick ^a   Ghesquière, Pol ^a   Verschaffel, Lieven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Group T Leuven Engineering College   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Indirect addition; Multidigit subtraction; Strategy flexibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949124460     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2009.02.020     Document Type: Article

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