Effects of an adaptive game intervention on accessing number sense in low-socioeconomic-status kindergarten children

Mind, Brain, and Education

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 224-234

  Wilson, Anna J ^a,b   Dehaene, Stanislas ^a,d   Dubois, Ophélie ^c   Fayol, Michel ^c  

^a Neurospin Centre ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^d l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

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EID: 70649094512     PISSN: 17512271     EISSN: 1751228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-228X.2009.01075.x     Document Type: Article

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