Relationships among private speech and creativity in head start and low-socioeconomic status preschool children

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-39

  Daugherty, Martha ^a   White, C Stephen ^b  

^a GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive self regulation; Creativity; Private speech; Vygotsky

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449108992     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016986207311059     Document Type: Article

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