Cognitive correlates of performance in advanced mathematics

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 157-181

  Wei, Wei ^a   Yuan, Hongbo ^a   Chen, Chuansheng ^b   Zhou, Xinlin ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPREHENSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LOGIC; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; CHINA; COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LOGIC; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; SPACE PERCEPTION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863346334     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: 20448279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8279.2011.02049.x     Document Type: Article

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