An analysis of instruments that measure the quality of mathematics teaching in early childhood

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 365-372

  Kilday, Carolyn R ^a   Kinzie, Mable B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mathematics; Observational measures; Pre kindergarten; Teaching quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 62749089349     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-008-0286-8     Document Type: Article

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