Towards a predictive model of quality in Canadian child care centers

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 280-295

  Goelman, Hillel ^a   Forer, Barry ^a   Kershaw, Paul ^a   Doherty, Gillian ^b   Lero, Donna ^b   LaGrange, Annette ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian child care centers; Child care quality; Path analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747816421     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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