Relations among conceptual knowledge, procedural knowledge, and procedural flexibility in two samples differing in prior knowledge

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1525-1538

  Schneider, Michael ^a   Rittle Johnson, Bethany ^b   Star, Jon R ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual and procedural knowledge; Mathematics learning; Procedural flexibility; Structural equation models

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPT FORMATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPT FORMATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 82755187523     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024997     Document Type: Article

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