Developmental and individual differences in understanding of fractions

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1994-2004

  Siegler, Robert S ^a   Pyke, Aryn A ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arithmetic; Fractions; Mathematics achievement; Mathematics difficulties; Numerical magnitude representations

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); JUDGMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 84884918932     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031200     Document Type: Article

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