Help-seeking: An understudied problem-solving skill in children
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- Authors
- Gall, S. N.-L.
- Affiliations
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Corresponding author
- Gall, Sharon Nelson-Le
- Venue
- Developmental Review
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1981-09
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 224-246
- ISSN
- 0273-2297 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2001319819
- Cited by
- 459
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 2.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Developmental Review (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Social Sciences › Education › Early Childhood Education and Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
- Keywords
- help-seeking, children, problem solving, helping relationship, heuristic model, social cognition, self-directed learning, achievement
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