Promoting broad and stable improvements in low-income children's numerical knowledge through playing number board games

Child Development

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 375-394

  Ramani, Geetha B ^a   Siegler, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 41149088873     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01131.x     Document Type: Article

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