The relation between teachers' math talk and the acquisition of number sense within kindergarten classrooms

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 281-299

  Boonen, Anton J H ^a   Kolkman, Meijke E ^a   Kroesbergen, Evelyn H ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mathematical language input; Number sense; Teachers' math talk

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TEACHING;

APTITUDE; ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TEACHING;

EID: 79957840725     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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