"I learn and I grow big": Chinese preschoolers' purposes for learning

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 116-128

  Li, Jin ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKILL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 1842591883     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650250344000325     Document Type: Article

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