Parental recollections of school experiences and current kindergarten transition practices

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 140-148

  Barnett, Melissa A ^a,b   Taylor, Lorraine C ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Intergenerational; Kindergarten transition; Retrospective; School involvement; School readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849142847     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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