Effects of a play program on creative thinking of preschool children

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 608-618

  Garaigordobil, Maite ^a   Berrueco, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Childhood; Creativity; Play; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 81155144575     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5209/rev_SJOP.2011.v14.n2.9     Document Type: Article

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