Child-caregiver ratios in day care center groups: Impact on verbal interactions

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-57

  Palmérus, Kerstin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child care; Child caregiver interactions; Child caregiver ratio; Day care; Verbal interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011177871     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443961180105     Document Type: Article

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