The effects of knowledge availability and knowledge accessibility on coherence and elaborative inferencing in children from six to fifteen years of age

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 216-241

  Barnes, Marcia A ^a,b   Dennis, Maureen ^b   Haefele Kalvaitis, Jennifer ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0030118686     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1996.0015     Document Type: Article

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