Children's performance on and understanding of the balance scale problem: The effects of parental support

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-117

  Philips, Sharon ^a   Tolmie, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balance scale; Linguistic mediation; RR model; Scaffolding; Tutor explanations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847640260     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.504     Document Type: Article

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