Realizing the cognitive potential of children 5-7 with a mathematics focus: Post-test and long-term effects of a 2-year intervention

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 363-379

  Shayer, Michael ^a   Adhami, Mundher ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION;

APTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; LONDON; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77955084439     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000709909X482363     Document Type: Article

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