Using Microgenetic Designs to Study Change Processes

Handbook of Research Methods in Developmental Science

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 40-65

  Lavelli, Manuela ^a   Pantoja, Andréa P F ^b   Hsu, Hui Chin ^c   Messinger, Daniel ^d   Fogel, Alan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d Department of Biology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Change processes; Developmental science; Microgenetic designs; Research designs; Sociocultural theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889348785     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470756676.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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