Number sense in kindergarten children: Factor structure and working memory predictors

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 33, Issue , 2014, Pages 23-29

  Friso van den Bos, Ilona ^a   Kroesbergen, Evelyn H ^a   Van Luit, Johannes E H ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Kindergarten; Number sense; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901818492     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: 18733425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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