Developing argument skills across scientific and social domains

Journal of Cognition and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 293-327

  Iordanou, Kalypso ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINOSAUR; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCIENCE; SKILL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

DINOSAURIA;

EID: 77955396235     PISSN: 15248372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15248372.2010.485335     Document Type: Article

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