Assessing preschool number sense: Skills demonstrated by children prior to school entry

Educational Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 411-429

  Howell, Sally Clare ^a   Kemp, Coral Rae ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Number sense; Preschool

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954730860     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443411003695410     Document Type: Article

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