Play as the leading activity of the preschool period: Insights from vygotsky, leont’ev, and bakhtin

Early Education and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-292

  Duncan, Robert M ^a   Tarulli, Donato ^b  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 52949149162     PISSN: 10409289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15566935eed1403_2     Document Type: Article

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