Educational Research and Reviews

  • Abbreviation: Educ. Res. Rev.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1990-3839
  • DOI: 10.5897/ERR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2009

Full Length Research Paper

Analyzing the relationship between learning styles and basic concept knowledge level of kindergarten children

Gulden Uyanik Balat
  • Gulden Uyanik Balat
  • Preschool Education Department, Ataturk Education Faculty, Marmara University, Istanbul-Turkey.
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  •  Received: 13 August 2014
  •  Accepted: 09 December 2014
  •  Published: 23 December 2014

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CITATION

 

Boehm Test of Basic Concepts: Third Edition. Copyright © 2000 by The Psychological Corporation, a Harcourt Assessment Company. Turkish translation copyright © 2003 by The Psychological Corporation. Translated and reproduced by permission. All rights reserved.