Magnitude knowledge: The common core of numerical development

Developmental Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 341-361

  Siegler, Robert S ^a,b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; INFANT; KNOWLEDGE; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; INFANT; KNOWLEDGE; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84962852737     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/desc.12395     Document Type: Article

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