School readiness: Are there social prerequisites?

Early Education and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 115-150

  Ladd, Gary W ^a   Herald, Sarah L ^a   Kochel, Karen P ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33750973378     PISSN: 10409289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15566935eed1701_6     Document Type: Article

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