Can Computer-Assisted Discovery Learning Foster First Graders' Fluency With the Most Basic Addition Combinations?

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 533-573

  Baroody, Arthur J ^a   Eiland, Michael D ^a   Purpura, David J ^b   Reid, Erin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

basic number facts; computer assisted instruction; discovery learning; elementary math; instructional design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878099082     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831212473349     Document Type: Article

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