Comparisons of observed process quality in early child care and education programs in five countries

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 447-475

  Tietze, Wolfgang ^c   Cryer, Debby ^a   Bairrão, Joachim ^c   Palacios, Jesús ^c   Wetzel, Gottfried ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Univ S   (Austria)

^c NONE

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EID: 0001135085     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2006(96)90017-4     Document Type: Article

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