Preschooler's comprehension of goal structure in narratives

Memory

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-202

  Wenner, Jennifer A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISUAL MEMORY; ART; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOTIVATION; READING;

ART; CAUSALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; READING;

EID: 1842524362     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210244000478     Document Type: Article

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