Levels of number knowledge during early childhood

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 325-337

  Sarnecka, Barbara W ^a   Lee, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Counting; Estimation; Give N; Guessing; Knower levels; Number words; Performance error

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEMANTICS;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEMANTICS;

EID: 67349113453     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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