When is a triangle not a triangle? Young children's developing concepts of geometric shape

Cognitive Development

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 547-559

  Satlow, Eric ^a   Newcombe, Nora ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0039498930     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2014(98)90006-5     Document Type: Article

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