Teacher-child and child-child interactions in inclusive preschool settings: Do adults inhibit peer interactions?

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-184

  Harper, Lawrence V ^a   McCluskey, Karen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Interactions; Peer interactions; Preschool settings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038011038     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2006(03)00025-5     Document Type: Article

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