Generic Resources, Reconstructive Processing, and Children's Mental Arithmetic.

Brainerd, C. J.; Reyna, V. F.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Generic Resources, Reconstructive Processing, and Children's Mental Arithmetic.

Brainerd, C. J.; Reyna, V. F.

Developmental Psychology, v24 n3 p324-34 May 1988

Data were generally consistent with the view that preschoolers and elementary schoolers can respond to memory probes by applying arithmetical processing to running gist from recently solved problems. Discussed are two competing interpretations of the development of working memory: fuzzy-trace theory and the generic-resources hypothesis. (Author/RH)

Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Mental Computation, Models, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Problem Solving, Prompting, Short Term Memory

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