Talking through transitions: Microgenetic changes in preschoolers' private speech and executive functioning

Child Language Teaching and Therapy

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 269-285

  Benigno, Joann P ^a   Byrd, Dana L ^b   McNamara, Joseph Ph ^b   Berg, W Keith ^b   Farrar, M Jeffrey ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

executive functioning; microgenetic method; preschoolers; private speech; problem solving; Tower of London

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052810793     PISSN: 02656590     EISSN: 14770865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265659010394385     Document Type: Article

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