A study of rural preschool practitioners' views on young children's mathematical thinking

Mathematics Education Research Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-57

  Hunting, Robert P ^a   Mousley, Judith A ^b   Perry, Bob ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Early childhood mathematics; Early learning and development; Preschool mathematics education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858640250     PISSN: 10332170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13394-011-0030-3     Document Type: Review

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