Children's attention to sample composition in learning, teaching and discovery

Developmental Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 421-429

  Rhodes, Marjorie ^a   Gelman, Susan A ^a   Brickman, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLASSIFICATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TEACHING;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLASSIFICATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEACHING;

EID: 77952725111     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00896.x     Document Type: Article

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