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Children see rabbit, not Peter: Young children’s responses to an Anthropomorphic Picture Scale

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Children see rabbit, not Peter: Young children’s responses to an Anthropomorphic Picture Scale. / Russell, Samantha; Cain, Kate.
In: Assessment and Development Matters, Vol. 12, No. 2, 01.06.2020, p. 13-23.

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Russell, S & Cain, K 2020, 'Children see rabbit, not Peter: Young children’s responses to an Anthropomorphic Picture Scale', Assessment and Development Matters, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 13-23. <https://shop.bps.org.uk/assessment-development-matters-vol-12-no-2-summer-2020>

APA

Russell, S., & Cain, K. (2020). Children see rabbit, not Peter: Young children’s responses to an Anthropomorphic Picture Scale. Assessment and Development Matters, 12(2), 13-23. https://shop.bps.org.uk/assessment-development-matters-vol-12-no-2-summer-2020

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Russell S, Cain K. Children see rabbit, not Peter: Young children’s responses to an Anthropomorphic Picture Scale. Assessment and Development Matters. 2020 Jun 1;12(2):13-23.

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Russell, Samantha ; Cain, Kate. / Children see rabbit, not Peter : Young children’s responses to an Anthropomorphic Picture Scale. In: Assessment and Development Matters. 2020 ; Vol. 12, No. 2. pp. 13-23.

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