Shaping the learning environment: Connecting developmentally appropriate practices to brain research

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-33

  Rushton, Stephen ^a   Larkin, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA SARASOTA MANATEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain research; Developmentally appropriate practices (DAP); Early childhood education; Learning environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010906913     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011304805899     Document Type: Article

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