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Hecht, Steven A.; Vagi, Kevin J. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore individual patterns of strengths and weaknesses in children's mathematical knowledge about common fractions. Tasks that primarily measure either conceptual or procedural aspects of mathematical knowledge were assessed with the same children in their fourth- and fifth-grade years (N = 181, 56% female and 44%…
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, Concept Formation, Grade 5, Grade 4
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Straatemeier, Marthe; van der Maas, Han L. J.; Jansen, Brenda R. J. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2008
In the field of children's knowledge of the earth, much debate has concerned the question of whether children's naive knowledge--that is, their knowledge before they acquire the standard scientific theory--is coherent (i.e., theory-like) or fragmented. We conducted two studies with large samples (N = 328 and N = 381) using a new paper-and-pencil…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Concept Formation, Knowledge Level, Earth Science