A Dynamic Systems Model of Basic Developmental Mechanisms: Piaget, Vygotsky, and Beyond

Psychological Review

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 634-677

  Van Geert, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.105.4.634-677     Document Type: Article

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