Comparing the magnitude of two fractions with common components: Which representations are used by 10- and 12-year-olds?

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 244-259

  Meert, Gaëlle ^a   Grégoire, Jacques ^a   Noël, Marie Pascale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fractions; Holistic vs. componential representation; Interference; Magnitude processing; Negative priming; Numerical distance effect

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME;

EID: 77954758096     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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