We always spend time together on sundays”: How grandparents and their grandchildren think about and use informal learning spaces

Visitor Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 136-151

  Sanford, Camellia ^a   Knutson, Karen ^a   Crowley, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 85023933658     PISSN: 10645578     EISSN: 19347715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10645570701585129     Document Type: Article

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