Effects on early numeracy of a program using number books and games

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 82-98

  Young Loveridge, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Books; Effectiveness; Games; Intervention program; Numeracy; Teacher

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842760471     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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