Changing pre-school children's conceptions of the day/night cycle;Changer les Conceptions d'Enfants d'Age Prescolaire sur le phenomene du cercle 'Jour-Nuit';Cambiar las concepciones de los ninos preescolares en el ciclo Dia/Noche

International Journal of Early Years Education

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-39

  Valanides, N ^a   Gritsi, F ^b   Kampeza, M ^b   Ravanis, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

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EID: 85009169372     PISSN: 09669760     EISSN: 14698463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096697600111725     Document Type: Article

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