Early narrative skills in Chilean preschool: Questions scaffold the production of coherent narratives

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 205-213

  Silva, Macarena ^a   Strasser, Katherine ^a   Cain, Kate ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Narrative; Preschoolers; Questions; Scaffolding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921019969     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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