Discovery and maintenance of the many-to-one counting strategy in 4-year-olds: A microgenetic study

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-102

  Blöte, Anke W ^a   Van Otterloo, Sandra G ^b   Stevenson, Claire E ^c   Veenman, Marcel V J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Leiden University ^*

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EID: 2342498604     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151004772901122     Document Type: Article

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