Cognitive and maths-specific predictors of fraction conceptual knowledge

Educational Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2021, Pages 172-190

  Stelzer, Florencia ^a   Richard’s, María M ^a   Andrés, María Laura ^a   Vernucci, Santiago ^a   Introzzi, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

cognition; Fractions; maths knowledge; rational numbers

Indexed keywords

EID: 85075712427     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2019.1693508     Document Type: Article

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