Dramatic play: A format for 'literate' language?

British Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-167

  Vedeler, Liv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; OBSERVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECREATION; VIDEORECORDING;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; OBSERVATION; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0347210227     PISSN: 00070998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1997.tb01234.x     Document Type: Article

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