Does an activity-based learning strategy improve preschool children's memory for narrative passages?

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 515-526

  Biazak, Janna E ^a   Marley, Scott C ^a   Levin, Joel R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Experiment; Learning strategy; Manipulatives; Preschool; Quantitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957736734     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2010.03.006     Document Type: Article

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