Use of a storytelling context to improve girls' and boys' geometry skills in kindergarten

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-48

  Casey, Beth ^a   Erkut, Sumru ^b   Ceder, Ineke ^b   Young, Jessica Mercer ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Wellesley Centers for Women   (United States)

Author keywords

Geometry; Literacy; Mathematics; Sex differences; Spatial; Story

Indexed keywords

EID: 41949117128     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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