Preschool children's representation and understanding of written number symbols

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 253-266

  Zhou, Xin ^a   Wang, Bin ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Longitudinal; Number concept; Number development; Preschoolers; Written number symbols

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958073132     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443032000153570     Document Type: Article

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