Inside the pre-kindergarten door: Classroom climate and instructional time allocation in Tulsa's pre-K programs

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-228

  Phillips, Deborah A ^a   Gormley, William T ^a   Lowenstein, Amy E ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom; Climate; Early childhood education; Instructional time; Pre kindergarten; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349772149     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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