Preschool children's collaborative problem-solving interactions: The role of gender, pair type, and task

Sex Roles

Volumn 48, Issue 11-12, 2003, Pages 505-517

  Holmes Lonergan, Heather A ^a  

^a METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Gender differences; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037689164     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023523228455     Document Type: Article

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