Enhancing the quality of early childhood education: A follow-up evaluation of an experiential, collaborative training model for head start

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 425-437

  Fantuzzo, John ^a   Childs, Stephanie ^b   Hampton, Virginia ^b   Ginsburg Block, Marika ^b   Coolahan, Kathleen Coyle ^b   Debnam, Darlena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0002234926     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2006(97)90020-X     Document Type: Article

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