Microgenetic patterns of children's multiplication learning: Confirming the overlapping waves model by latent growth modeling

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-19

  van der Ven, Sanne H G ^a   Boom, Jan ^b   Kroesbergen, Evelyn H ^b   Leseman, Paul P M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mathematics; Microgenetic study; Multiplication; Overlapping waves; Strategy; Working memory

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; DYSCALCULIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

APTITUDE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DYSCALCULIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84863779302     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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