Development of Arithmetical Competencies in Chinese and American Children: Influence of Age, Language, and Schooling

Child Development

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2022-2044

  Geary, David C ^a   Bow Thomas, C Christine ^a   Liu, Fan ^b   Siegler, Robert S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b China Ctrl Inst for Educ Science

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; APTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030256315     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01841.x     Document Type: Article

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