Fostering conceptual change about child development in prospective teachers and other college students

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 85-91

  McDevitt, Teresa M ^a   Ormrod, Jeanne E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; College; Conceptual development; Policy issues; Schools; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 64549099028     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2008.00045.x     Document Type: Article

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