Children's learning of number words in an indigenous farming-foraging group

Developmental Science

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 553-563

  Piantadosi, Steven T ^a   Jara Ettinger, Julian ^b   Gibson, Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLIVIA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL;

BOLIVIA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84904763188     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12078     Document Type: Article

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