A rational-constructivist account of early learning about numbers and objects

Psychology of Learning and Motivation - Advances in Research and Theory

Volumn 30, Issue C, 1993, Pages 61-96

  Gelman, Rochel ^a  

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EID: 77957070821     PISSN: 00797421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-7421(08)60294-7     Document Type: Chapter

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