Making Connections in Math: Activating a Prior Knowledge Analogue Matters for Learning

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 160-185

  Sidney, Pooja G ^a   Alibali, Martha W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CODING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; LEARNING TEST; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURAL ANALOGUE; SURFACE ANALOGUE; TEACHING;

EID: 84922245585     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: 15327647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2013.792091     Document Type: Article

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