Number sense growth in kindergarten: A longitudinal investigation of children at risk for mathematics difficulties

Child Development

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 153-175

  Jordan, Nancy C ^a   Kaplan, David ^a   Nabors Oláh, Leslie ^a   Locuniak, Maria N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS;

EID: 33644945381     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00862.x     Document Type: Article

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