Educating the Young Mathematician: The Twentieth Century and beyond

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 305-312

  Saracho, Olivia N ^a   Spodek, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

History of early childhood education; Mathematics for young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 62749110731     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-008-0293-9     Document Type: Article

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