The Interaction of Domain-Specific Knowledge and Domain-General Discovery Strategies: A Study with Sinking Objects

Child Development

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2709-2727

  Penner, David E ^a,b   Klahr, David ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; WEIGHT PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030334730     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01884.x     Document Type: Article

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