Preschool approaches to learning and their relationship to other relevant classroom competencies for low-income children

School Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 212-230

  Fantuzzo, John ^a,b   Perry, Marlo A ^a   McDermott, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Dental School of Philadelphia   (United States)

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EID: 5644254565     PISSN: 10453830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/scpq.19.3.212.40276     Document Type: Article

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