Constructing a view of children's meaning-making as notators: A case-study of a five-year-old's descriptions and explanations of invented notations

Research Studies in Music Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-45

  Barrett, Margaret S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

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EID: 60950193594     PISSN: 1321103X     EISSN: 18345530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1321103X010160010401     Document Type: Article

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