Why set-comparison is vital in early number learning

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 203-208

  Muldoon, Kevin ^a   Lewis, Charlie ^b   Freeman, Norman ^c  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Fylde College   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SET FUNCTIONS;

EDUCATION;

SET THEORY;

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HUMAN; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; THINKING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; LEARNING; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 65349151543     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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