Preschool Children's Reasoning about Ability

Child Development

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 516-534

  Heyman, Gail D ^a   Gee, Caroline L ^a   Giles, Jessica W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZATION;

APTITUDE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0041843663     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.7402013     Document Type: Article

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