Relations between task structure and developmental changes in children's use of spatial clustering strategies

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 495-514

  Plumert, Jodie M ^a   Strahan, David ^a  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

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EID: 0039415657     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-835X.1997.tb00743.x     Document Type: Article

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