Predicting process quality from structural quality in preschool programs: A cross-country comparison

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 339-361

  Cryer, Debby ^a   Tietze, Wolfgang ^b   Burchinal, Margaret ^a   Leal, Teresa ^c   Palacios, Jesús ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

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EID: 0033481083     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2006(99)00017-4     Document Type: Article

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