Talking about science in museums

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-67

  Haden, Catherine A ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning; Parent child conversation; Science talk

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951658576     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2009.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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