Collaborative group work in middle childhood:

Human Development

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 215-239

  Howe, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group work; Joint construction; Unresolved contradiction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 67651111891     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000215072     Document Type: Article

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