Numerical Magnitude Representations and Individual Differences in Children's Arithmetic Strategy Use

Mind, Brain, and Education

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 129-136

  Vanbinst, Kiran ^a   Ghesquière, Pol ^a   De Smedt, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 84864573638     PISSN: 17512271     EISSN: 1751228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-228X.2012.01148.x     Document Type: Article

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