Representations of the magnitudes of fractions

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1227-1238

  Schneider, Michael ^a   Siegler, Robert S ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparison strategies; Distance effect; Magnitude representation; Mental number line; Numerical fractions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ADULT; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957335532     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018170     Document Type: Article

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