What is appropriate mathematics education for four-year-olds? Pre-kindergarten teachers' beliefs

Journal of Early Childhood Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 2-31

  Lee, Joon Sun ^a,c   Ginsburg, Herbert P ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematics education; Pedagogy; Pre kindergarten; Teacher beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248333499     PISSN: 1476718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476718X07072149     Document Type: Article

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