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Amanda S. Turner is a graduate student and Marilyn R. Bradbard is an assistant professor in the Department of Family and Child Development at Auburn University, Auburn University, Alabama.
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Turner, A.S., Bradbard, M.R. The representational play of lower-class preschool children. Early Childhood Educ J 9, 23–26 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01616515
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