Less is more: How manipulative features affect children's learning from picture books

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 395-400

  Tare, Medha ^a   Chiong, Cynthia ^b   Ganea, Patricia ^c   DeLoache, Judy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Wireless Generation ^*  (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Iconicity; Label learning; Manipulatives; Picture books; Pop ups; Symbols

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956188160     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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