Capturing quality in early childhood through environmental rating scales

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-92

  Sylva, Kathy ^a   Siraj Blatchford, Iram ^b   Taggart, Brenda ^b   Sammons, Pam ^c   Melhuish, Edward ^d   Elliot, Karen ^e   Totsika, Vasiliki ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Wandsworth Local Education Authority   (United Kingdom)

^f BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early childhood; ECERS; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644600155     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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