Children learning to think: Learning from others? Vygotskian theory and educational psychology

Educational and Child Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 6-13

  Meadows, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84961528981     PISSN: 02671611     EISSN: 23968702     Source Type: Book Series    
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