Pivoting a prekindergarten program off the child or the standard? A case study of integrating the practices of early childhood education into elementary school

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 202-227

  Brown, Christopher Pierce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 73449111595     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605770     Document Type: Article

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