Young children are natural pedagogues

Cognitive Development

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 65-78

  Calero, C I ^a,b   Zylberberg, A ^a   Ais, J ^a,b   Semelman, M ^a,b   Sigman, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD TORCUATO DI TELLA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Development; Gestures; Ostensive cues; Pedagogy; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926051901     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2015.03.001     Document Type: Article

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