Research on children's play: Analysis of developmental and early education journals from 2005 to 2007

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 249-259

  Cheng, Mei Fang ^a   Johnson, James E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Early education; Play research

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449134737     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-009-0347-7     Document Type: Review

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