A longitudinal examination of young children's learning behavior: Child-level and classroom-level predictors of change throughout the preschool year

School Psychology Review

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-47

  Domínguez, Ximena ^b   Vitiello, Virginia E ^a   Maier, Michelle F ^a   Greenfield, Daryl B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

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EID: 77951082450     PISSN: 02796015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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