The effects of an age‐appropriate intervention on young children's understanding of inheritance

Educational Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 259-275

  Williams, Joanne M ^a   Affleck, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85007026098     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144341990190302     Document Type: Article

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