A mental model analysis of young children's conditional reasoning with meaningful premises

Thinking and Reasoning

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 335-347

  Markovits, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0000083854     PISSN: 13546783     EISSN: 14640708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135467800750038166     Document Type: Article

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