Learning to align relations: The effects of feedback and self-explanation

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 527-550

  Honomichl, Ryan D ^a   Chen, Zhe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL TASK; OBJECT RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33750448333     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327647jcd0704_5     Document Type: Article

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