What children know and can do when they start school and how this varies between countries

Journal of Early Childhood Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-134

  Merrell, Christine ^a   Tymms, Peter ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baseline assessment; International comparisons; Pre school; Scotland

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349089366     PISSN: 1476718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476718X07076679     Document Type: Article

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