Children's Analogical Reasoning about Natural Phenomena

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 90-113

  Pauen, Sabina ^a   Wilkening, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFERENCE VALUE;

ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFERENCE VALUES; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0031252828     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1997.2394     Document Type: Article

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