Gender biases in early number exposure to preschool-aged children

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 440-450

  Chang, Alicia ^a   Sandhofer, Catherine M ^b   Brown, Christia S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

early childhood; gender; language input; mathematics; number; parent child interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 82555172974     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: 15526526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X11416207     Document Type: Article

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