Guided play: Where curricular goals meet a playful pedagogy

Mind, Brain, and Education

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 104-112

  Weisberg, Deena Skolnick ^a   Hirsh Pasek, Kathy ^a   Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 84878142950     PISSN: 17512271     EISSN: 1751228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mbe.12015     Document Type: Article

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