Improvisation: An analytic tool for examining teacher-child interactions in the early childhood classroom

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 455-470

  Lobman, Carrie L ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom; Improvisation; Teacher child interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849186912     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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