The contributions of numerosity and domain-general abilities to school readiness

Child Development

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1520-1533

  Fuchs, Lynn S ^a   Geary, David C ^b   Compton, Donald L ^a   Fuchs, Douglas ^a   Hamlett, Carol L ^a   Bryant, Joan D ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 77956585171     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01489.x     Document Type: Article

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