Playing linear number board games—but not circular ones—improves low-income preschoolers’ numerical understanding.

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Journal of Educational Psychology

• Publication date

  2009-08-01

• Fields of study

  Mathematics, Education, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/A0014239
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