Children's questions: A mechanism for cognitive development

Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-121

  Chouinard, Michelle M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DATA BASE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECORDING; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; DATABASES; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KNOWLEDGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; TAPE RECORDING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947390073     PISSN: 0037976X     EISSN: 15405834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5834.2007.00413.x     Document Type: Review

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