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Math discoveries catch kids unawares

Unconscious problem-solving insights among grade-schoolers often set the stage for later academic advances.

References:

Siegler, R.S., and E. Stern. 1998. Conscious and unconscious strategy discoveries: A microgenetic analysis. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General 127(December):377.

 

        Sources:

Robert S. Siegler
Carnegie Mellon University
Department of Psychology
Pittsburgh, PA 15213X

Elsbeth Stern
Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research
Lentzeallee 94, D-14195 Berlin(-Dahlem)
Germany

    From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 1, January 2, 1999, p. 5. Copyright © 1999 by Science Service.


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