An international comparison of grade 6 students' understanding of the equal sign

Psychological Reports

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-53

  Capraro, Robert M ^a   Capraro, Mary Margaret ^a   Yetkiner, Z Ebrar ^a   Özel, Serkan ^b   Kim, Hae Gyu ^c   Küçük, Ali Riza ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^d MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUTH KOREA; STUDENT; SYMBOLISM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; STUDENTS; SYMBOLISM; TURKEY;

EID: 77950978550     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.106.1.49-53     Document Type: Article

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