GENDER EQUITY IN EARLY LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

Handbook for Achieving Gender Equity through Education, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 609-630

  Polnick, Barbara ^a   Dwyer, Carol Anne ^b   Haynie, Carole Funk ^a   Froschl, Merle ^c   Sprung, Barbara ^c   Fromberg, Doris ^d  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE   (United States)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315759586-42     Document Type: Chapter

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