Implementation quality: Lessons learned in the context of the Head Start REDI trial

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 284-298

  Domitrovich, Celene E ^a   Gest, Scott D ^a   Jones, Damon ^a   Gill, Sukhdeep ^a   DeRousie, Rebecca M Sanford ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Implementation; Intervention; Preschool; School readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953008870     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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