The relationship between classroom quality and ratings of the social functioning of head start children

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 231-245

  Lambert, Richard ^a   Abbott Shim, Martha ^b   McCarty, Frances ^c  

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

^b Quality Counts Inc   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom quality; Head start; Social functioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748437420     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430212130     Document Type: Article

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