Young Children's Interpretation of Multidigit Number Names: From Emerging Competence to Mastery

Child Development

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1306-1319

  Mix, Kelly S ^a   Prather, Richard W ^b   Smith, Linda B ^b   Stockton, Jerri Dasha ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THINKING;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; THINKING;

EID: 84899958573     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12197     Document Type: Article

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