How parent explanation changes what children learn from everyday scientific thinking

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 189-210

  Fender, Jodi G ^a   Crowley, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Everyday activity; Explanation; Informal learning; Museum learning; Parent child activity; Scientific reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247190578     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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