Influences on children's competence in early childhood classrooms

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 247-262

  Kontos, Susan ^a   Wilcox Herzog, Amanda ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0001267348     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2006(97)90002-8     Document Type: Article

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