Fostering preschool children's mathematical knowledge: Findings from the Berkeley math readiness project

Engaging Young Children in Mathematics: Standards for Early Childhood Mathematics Education

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 343-360

  Klein, Alice ^a   Starkey, Prentice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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