The Chinese kindergarten in its adolescence

Prospects

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 457-469

  Hsueh, Yeh ^a   Tobin, Joseph J ^b   Karasawa, Mayumi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TOKYO WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 77952541610     PISSN: 00331538     EISSN: 15739090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11125-005-2737-y     Document Type: Article

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