Disentangling robust developmental constraints from the instructionally mutable: Young children's epistemic reasoning about a study of their own design

Journal of the Learning Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-110

  Metz, Kathleen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79551698681     PISSN: 10508406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508406.2011.529325     Document Type: Article

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