Transfer between picture books and the real world by very young children

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-66

  Ganea, Patricia ^a   Pickard, Megan Bloom ^b   DeLoache, Judy ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; BOOK; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAWING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PICTURE BOOK READING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMBOLISM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 41449091553     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248370701836592     Document Type: Article

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