Can a preschooler's mistaken belief benefit learning?

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 195-205

  Kloos, Heidi ^a   Van Orden, Guy C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Physical knowledge; Preschoolers; Sinking objects

Indexed keywords

EID: 29344466880     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185.64.3.195     Document Type: Article

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