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ERIC Number: EJ550056
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Gender Differences in First-Grade Mathematics Strategy Use: Social and Metacognitive Influences.
Carr, Martha; Jessup, Donna L.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v89 n2 p318-28 Jun 1997
Social and metacognitive contributors to gender differences in mathematics strategy use by first graders were studied with 58 children. Girls were more likely to use overt strategies, and boys were more likely to use retrieval (from memory) to solve addition and subtraction problems. (SLD)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Females, Grade 1, Males, Mathematics Skills, Metacognition, Primary Education, Sex Differences, Social Influences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Retrieval (Memory); Strategy Choice
Note: Research supported by Grant DBS-9122032 from the National Science Foundation.