Applying principles of development to help at-risk preschoolers develop numeracy

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-173

  Pasnak, Robert ^a   Greene, Monica Savage ^a   Ferguson, Eleanor O ^a   Levit, Kathy ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

At risk; Classification; Numeracy; Preschoolers; Seriation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745465608     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRLP.140.2.155-173     Document Type: Article

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