Play, cognition and self-regulation: What exactly are children learning when they learn through play?

Educational and Child Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 40-52

  Whitebread, David ^a   Coltman, Penny ^b   Jameson, Helen ^b   Lander, Rachel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 79958796593     PISSN: 02671611     EISSN: 23968702     Source Type: Book Series    
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