What leads children to adopt new strategies? A microgenetic/cross-sectional study of class inclusion

Child Development

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 997-1015

  Siegler, Robert S ^a   Svetina, Matija ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; CHILD; CONCEPT FORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EMPIRICISM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; LOGIC; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EMPIRICISM; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LOGIC; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33746371673     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00915.x     Document Type: Review

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