Mother and toddler activity in the zone of proximal development for pretend play as a predictor of higher child IQ

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 106-120

  Morrissey, Anne Marie ^a   Brown, P Margaret ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gifted; Mother child interactions; Pretend play; Zone of Proximal Development

Indexed keywords

EID: 62749151062     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016986208330563     Document Type: Article

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