Symbolic problem solving: An important piece of the emergent literacy puzzle

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-35

  McMullen, Mary Benson ^a   Darling, Carol Anderson ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0010741661     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443961210103     Document Type: Article

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