You didn't teach me, you showed me: Variations in sibling teaching strategies in early and middle childhood

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-78

  Recchia, Holly E ^a   Howe, Nina ^a   Alexander, Stephanie ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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