Sources of individual differences in children's understanding of fractions

Child Development

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1461-1476

  Vukovic, Rose K ^a   Fuchs, Lynn S ^b   Geary, David C ^c   Jordan, Nancy C ^d   Gersten, Russell ^e   Siegler, Robert S ^f,g  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^e Instructional Research Group   (United States)

^f CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COMPREHENSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHILD; COMPREHENSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS;

EID: 84904342820     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12218     Document Type: Article

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