Taking shape: Supporting preschoolers' acquisition of geometric knowledge through guided play

Child Development

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1872-1878

  Fisher, Kelly R ^a   Hirsh Pasek, Kathy ^a   Newcombe, Nora ^a   Golinkoff, Roberta M ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECREATION; STIMULATION; TEACHING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; TEACHING;

EID: 84880702725     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12091     Document Type: Article

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