Predictors of preschool process quality in a Chinese context

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 331-350

  Rao, Nirmala ^a   Koong, Maggie ^b   Kwong, Margaret ^c   Wong, Margaret ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b OMEP Hong Kong ^*  (China)

^c THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese context; Preschool quality; Program assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042380187     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2006(03)00043-7     Document Type: Article

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