Children's Early Interest-Based Activities in the Home and Subsequent Information Contributions and Pursuits in Kindergarten

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 782-797

  Neitzel, Carin ^a   Alexander, Joyce M ^b   Johnson, Kathy E ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

academic participation; early childhood; information pursuits; personal interest

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349172563     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.100.4.782     Document Type: Article

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