An eco-behavioral analysis of children's engagement in urban public school preschool classrooms

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 108-123

  Powell, Douglas R ^a   Burchinal, Margaret R ^b   File, Nancy ^c   Kontos, Susan ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eco behavioral analysis; Public school preschool; Student engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849042502     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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