Developmentally Appropriate Practice is for Everyone

Childhood Education

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 274-282

  Charlesworth, Rosalind ^a  

^a WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0039297946     PISSN: 00094056     EISSN: 21620725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00094056.1998.10521951     Document Type: Article

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