Revisiting the two faces of child care quality: Structure and process

Early Education and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 505-520

  Cassidy, Deborah J ^a   Hestenes, Linda L ^a   Hansen, Joanna K ^a   Hegde, Archana ^a   Shim, Jonghee ^a   Hestenes, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

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EID: 33645986962     PISSN: 10409289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15566935eed1604_10     Document Type: Article

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