An evaluation of curriculum, setting, and mentoring on the performance of children enrolled in pre-kindergarten

Reading and Writing

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 463-494

  Assel, Michael Andrew ^a   Landry, Susan H ^a   Swank, Paul R ^a   Gunnewig, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum evaluation; Early literacy; Head Start; Pre kindergarten

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249870101     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-006-9039-5     Document Type: Article

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