Measuring change: Current trends and future directions in microgenetic research

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 135-149

  Flynn, Emma ^a   Siegler, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Change; Cognitive development; Microgenetic; Theory acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847613433     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.502     Document Type: Article

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