Age differences in patterns of spontaneous production of strategies for analogy problems among five-to eight-year-old children

Educational and Child Psychology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 74-88

  Tunteler, Erika ^a   Resing, Wilma C M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84871462314     PISSN: 02671611     EISSN: 23968702     Source Type: Book Series    
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