Early differentiation between drawing and writing in Chinese children

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 786-801

  Treiman, Rebecca ^a   Yin, Li ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese; Cultural transmission; Drawing; Emergent literacy; Iconicity; Name writing; Writing

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ART; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CULTURE; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 79951726632     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.08.013     Document Type: Article

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