Development of fraction comparison strategies: A latent transition analysis

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 713-730

  Rinne, Luke F ^a   Ye, Ai ^a   Jordan, Nancy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Fractions; Magnitude comparison; Mathematics learning; Strategies

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CONCEPT FORMATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPT FORMATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGY, CHILD;

EID: 85013174028     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/dev0000275     Document Type: Article

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