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| Algorithms | 1 |
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Peer reviewedGroen, Guy; Resnick., Lauren B. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1977
Ten nursery school children who knew how to count but were unacquainted with arithmetic were taught a simple algorithm for solving single-digit addition problems and were then given extended practice. The reaction time on the final block of extended practice suggested that subjects had invented a more efficient procedure to replace the original…
Descriptors: Addition, Algorithms, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
