Constructing cultural-historical tools for supporting young children's concept formation in early literacy and numeracy

Early Years

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-118

  Fleer, Marilyn ^a   Raban, Bridie ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultural historical theory; Early childhood; Literacy; Numeracy; Self assessment; Sociocultural theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349617367     PISSN: 09575146     EISSN: 14724421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09575140701425191     Document Type: Article

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