Preschool-to-third grade programs and practices: A review of research

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1121-1131

  Reynolds, Arthur J ^a   Magnuson, Katherine A ^b   Ou, Suh Ruu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Child development; Preschool; Prevention; School age

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954145197     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.10.017     Document Type: Review

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