The impact of illustrations and warnings on solving mathematical word problems realistically

Journal of Experimental Education

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 103-120

  Dewolf, Tinne ^a   Van Dooren, Wim ^a   Ev Cimen, Emre ^a   Verschaffel, Lieven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

critical thinking; elementary school; mathematics education; problem solving; reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887827079     PISSN: 00220973     EISSN: 19400683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220973.2012.745468     Document Type: Article

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