Teacher and observer ratings of head start children's social skills

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 581-595

  Milfort, Roline ^a   Greenfield, Daryl B ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Head start children; Observer ratings; Penn Interactive Peer Play Scale (PIPPS); Social skills; Teacher ratings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036457343     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2006(02)00190-4     Document Type: Article

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