Young children's recognition of quantitative relations in mathematically unspecified settings

Journal of Mathematical Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 450-460

  McMullen, Jake A ^a   Hannula Sormunen, Minna M ^a   Lehtinen, Erno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Focusing attention; Mathematical development; Quantitative relations; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880303426     PISSN: 07323123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmathb.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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