Designing classroom spaces: Making the most of time

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 135-141

  Tegano, Deborah W ^a   Moran III, James D ^a   Delong, Alton J ^a   Brickey, Janis ^a   Ramassini, Kris Klick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention span; Classroom design; Cognitive processes; Play; Preschool

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039681260     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02364747     Document Type: Article

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