Home and preschool learning environments and their relations to the development of early numeracy skills

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-244

  Anders, Yvonne ^a   Rossbach, Hans Günther ^a   Weinert, Sabine ^a   Ebert, Susanne ^a   Kuger, Susanne ^a   Lehrl, Simone ^a   von Maurice, Jutta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Home learning environment; International childcare perspectives; Longitudinal study; Numeracy skills; Preschool quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857621919     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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