How early childhood teacher beliefs vary across grade level

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 489-514

  Vartuli, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033451165     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2006(99)00026-5     Document Type: Article

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