Emergence of graphic symbol functioning and the question of domain specificity: A longitudinal training study

Child Development

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 359-376

  Callaghan, Tara C ^a   Rankin, Mary P ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECREATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SYMBOLISM;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; EARLY INTERVENTION (EDUCATION); FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 0036512132     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00412     Document Type: Review

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