Early Conceptual Development

Blackwell Handbook of Early Childhood Development

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 147-166

  Gelman, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual development; Mathematical transitivity; Meta analysis; Self discovery; Spatial language

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889446139     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470757703.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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