Attention in the preschool classroom: The relationships among child gender, child misbehavior, and types of teacher attention

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 281-295

  Dobbs, Jennifer ^a   Arnold, David H ^a   Doctoroff, Greta L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Ethnicity; Gender; Misbehavior; Preschool; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149158013     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443032000153598     Document Type: Article

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