Doing experiments and understanding science: Development of scientific reasoning from childhood to adulthood

Human Development from Early Childhood to Early Adulthood: Findings from a 20 Year Longitudinal Study

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 173-197

  Bullock, Merry ^a   Sodian, Beate ^b   Koerber, Susanne ^b  

^a AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 84921371188     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203888544     Document Type: Chapter

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