The role of number words in preschoolers' addition concepts and problem-solving procedures

Educational Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-124

  Patel, Pooja ^a   Canobi, Katherine Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Addition; Number words; Part whole concepts; Preschoolers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149174843     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410903473597     Document Type: Article

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