Non-symbolic arithmetic abilities and mathematics achievement in the first year of formal schooling

Cognition

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 394-406

  Gilmore, Camilla K ^a   McCarthy, Shannon E ^b   Spelke, Elizabeth S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Non symbolic numerosities; Symbolic mathematics

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; KINDERGARTEN; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL; SOCIAL STATUS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77951667556     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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