Two-way and monolingual English immersion in preschool education: An experimental comparison

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 277-293

  Barnett, W Steven ^a   Yarosz, Donald J ^a   Thomas, Jessica ^a   Jung, Kwanghee ^a   Blanco, Dulce ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual education; Early childhood policy; Preschool education; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548049252     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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