Preschoolers' counting and sharing

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 164-183

  Pepper, Kristine L ^a   Hunting, Robert P ^b  

^a Donburn Primary School   (Australia)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical interviews; Early childhood; Early number learning; Fractions; Preschool primary; Whole numbers

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944442457     PISSN: 00218251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/749897     Document Type: Article

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