Do young children acquire number words through subitizing or counting?

Cognitive Development

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 291-307

  Benoit, Laurent ^a   Lehalle, Henri ^a,b   Jouen, François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Counting; Number development; Number words; Subitizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 3342877393     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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