Preliminary evidence of the technical adequacy of the preschool numeracy indicators

School Psychology Review

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 627-644

  Floyd, Randy G ^a,b   Hojnoski, Robin ^a   Key, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

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