Number words and number concepts: The interplay of verbal and nonverbal quantification in early childhood

Advances in Child Development and Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue , 2005, Pages 305-346

  Mix, Kelly S ^a   Sandhofer, Catherine M ^b   Baroody, Arthur J ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MATHEMATICS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MATHEMATICS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 26944436376     PISSN: 00652407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2407(05)80011-4     Document Type: Article

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