Title I funded preschools as a developmental context for children ’s play and verbal behaviors

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 245-262

  Farran, Dale C ^a   Son Yarbrough, Whasoup ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035374127     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2006(01)00100-4     Document Type: Article

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