Utilization deficiencies and transfer of strategies in preschoolers

Cognitive Development

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 76-93

  Clerc, Jérôme ^a   Miller, Patricia H ^b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Memory; Preschoolers; Strategies; Transfer; Utilization deficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871412597     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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