Young children's learning and transfer of biological information from picture books to real animals

Child Development

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1421-1433

  Ganea, Patricia A ^a   Ma, Lili ^b   DeLoache, Judy S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; BIRD; COLOR VISION; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FROG; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIZARD; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PREDATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; RECALL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGY; BIRDS; BOOKS, ILLUSTRATED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOR PERCEPTION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LIZARDS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANIDAE; READING; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 80052557312     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01612.x     Document Type: Article

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