The effect of explaining another's actions on children's implicit theories of balance

Cognition and Instruction

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-51

  Pine, Karen J ^a   Messer, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0002961741     PISSN: 07370008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S1532690XCI1801_02     Document Type: Article

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