When and how peers give reasons : Justifications in the talk of middle school children

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 721-748

  Goetz, Peggy J ^a   Shatz, Marilyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PEER GROUP; PROBLEM SOLVING; VIDEORECORDING;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; PEER GROUP; PROBLEM SOLVING; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0033202759     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000999003980     Document Type: Article

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