Private speech in two preschools: Significance of open-ended activities and make-believe play for verbal self-regulation

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 637-658

  Krafft, Kerry C ^b   Berk, Laura E ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032325512     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2006(99)80065-9     Document Type: Article

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