Concept acquisition in children with mild intellectual disability: Factors affecting the abstraction of prototypical information

Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 217-234

  Hayes, Brett K ^a   Conway, Robert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; THINKING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033764073     PISSN: 1326978X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13269780050144280     Document Type: Article

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