Third graders' acquisition of knowledge of banking: Restructuring or accretion?

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 357-371

  Berti, Anna Emilia ^a,b   Monaci, Maria Grazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Dipto di Psicologia dello Sviluppo   (Italy)

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EID: 0032364638     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1998.tb01297.x     Document Type: Article

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