Evaluation of the quality of early childhood classrooms in Turkey

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 437-451

  Gol Guven, Mine ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Early childhood education; Early childhood environment rating scale; Quality; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 69149089781     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430701217639     Document Type: Article

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