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Direct linkMcNeil, Nicole M.; Alibali, Martha W. – Child Development, 2005
This study examined whether knowledge of arithmetic contributes to difficulties with equations. In Experiment 1, children (ages 7-11) completed tasks to assess their adherence to 3 operational patterns prevalent in arithmetic: (a) the strategy of performing all given operations on all given numbers, (b) the "operations=answer" problem structure,…
Descriptors: Equations (Mathematics), Arithmetic, Problem Solving
