Constructing domain-specific knowledge in kindergarten: Relations among knowledge, intelligence, and strategic performance

Learning and Individual Differences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-52

  Alexander, Joyce M ^a   Johnson, Kathy E ^a,b   Leibham, Mary E ^a   DeBauge, Christiane ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domain specific knowledge; Intelligence; Strategic performance; Twenty Questions

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844335020     PISSN: 10416080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lindif.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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