Planning in young children: A review and synthesis

Developmental Review

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-31

  McCormack, Teresa ^a   Atance, Cristina M ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Executive function; Future thinking; Planning; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051568919     PISSN: 02732297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dr.2011.02.002     Document Type: Review

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