Adults' use of subtraction by addition

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 323-329

  Peters, Greet ^a   De Smedt, Bert ^a   Torbeyns, Joke ^a,b   Ghesquière, Pol ^a   Verschaffel, Lieven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Groep T Leuven Engineering College   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Multi digit subtraction; Strategy use; Subtraction by addition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 77958152846     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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