Adults' Beliefs about Children and Mathematics: How Important is it and How do Children Learn about it?

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 191-202

  Musun Miller, Linda ^a   Blevins Knabe, Belinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Mathematics; Parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042876099     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0917(199812)7:4<191::aid-edp181>3.0.co;2-i     Document Type: Article

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