An exploration of the differences in prekindergarten, kindergarten, and first grade teachers' beliefs related to discipline when dealing with male and female students

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-11

  Erden, Feyza ^a   Wolfgang, Charles H ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discipline; Misbehavior; Teacher beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449128894     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443032000103098     Document Type: Article

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