Effects of task difficulty on sibling teaching in middle childhood

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 455-470

  Howe, Nina ^a   Brody, Marie Hélène ^a   Recchia, Holly ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Middle childhood; Siblings; Social cognitive development; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750561082     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.470     Document Type: Article

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