Numeracy of young children in Singapore, Beijing & Helsinki

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 325-332

  Ee, Jessie ^a   Wong, Khoon Yoong ^a   Aunio, Pirjo ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age group differences; Numeracy skills; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746404372     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-006-0088-9     Document Type: Article

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