Preparing for primary school in singapore - aspects of adjustment to the more formal demands of the primary one mathematics syllabus

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 329-335

  Sharpe, Pamela ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Numeracy development; Parents; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949219720     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430212719     Document Type: Article

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