Assessing early number learning:How useful is the Annual national assessment in numeracy?

Perspectives in Education

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 49-65

  Weitz, Maria ^a   Venkat, Hamsa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

ANA; Early number learning; Numeracy; South Africa; Sssessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890206124     PISSN: 02582236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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