That's life: Coming to understand biology: Essay review on Young Children s Thinking about the Biological World by K. Inagaki and G. Hatano

Human Development

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 369-377

  Keil, Frank C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ALIENATION; BIOLOGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HEART BEAT; HOME; HUMAN; HUNGER; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LIFE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THINKING; THIRST; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0242288583     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073310     Document Type: Review

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