Number Games, Magnitude Representation, and Basic Number Skills in Preschoolers

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 588-596

  Whyte, Jemma Catherine ^a   Bull, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

counting; magnitude; number games; number line; preschoolers

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECALL; RECREATION;

APTITUDE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOR PERCEPTION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 42049089706     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.44.2.588     Document Type: Article

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