Early Math Matters: Kindergarten Number Competence and Later Mathematics Outcomes

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 850-867

  Jordan, Nancy C ^a   Kaplan, David ^b   Ramineni, Chaitanya ^a   Locuniak, Maria N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

longitudinal studies; mathematics achievement; number competence

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; DELAWARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNDERACHIEVEMENT;

EID: 65649136538     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014939     Document Type: Article

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