Making meaning of school readiness in schools and communities

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 351-375

  Wesley, Patricia W ^a   Buysse, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Policy; Readiness; Social emotional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042380185     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2006(03)00044-9     Document Type: Article

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