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Peer reviewedHatano, Giyoo; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1987
Examined whether representational changes in digit memory are functions of children's expertise in mental abacus operation when abacus operators reproduced series of digits forward or backward. Found skilled operators equally facile with forward and backward reproduction, but novices slower going backward. Suggests advanced operators apply their…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Computation, Concept Formation, Mathematical Concepts
