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Peer reviewedWoods, Shirley S.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1975
Descriptors: Algorithms, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Intellectual Development
Peer reviewedCauley, Kathleen M. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1988
This study assessed the extent to which procedurally proficient children (N=34) construct the part/whole logical structure that underlies the borrowing algorithm in subtraction. Results indicate that an understanding of the part/whole logic of number may be necessary to understand place value and borrowing. (TJH)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Algorithms, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Students
