Examining Swedish profit and nonprofit child care: The relationships between adult-to-child ratio, age composition in child care classes, teaching and children's social and cognitive achievements

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 91-114

  Sundell, Knut ^a  

^a Social Services Administration   (Sweden)

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EID: 0034366526     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2006(99)00039-3     Document Type: Article

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