Teacher-child interactions in the classroom: Toward a theory of withinand cross-domain links to children's developmental outcomes

Early Education and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 699-6723

  Downer, Jason ^a   Sabol, Terri J ^a   Hamre, Bridget ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 77958105720     PISSN: 10409289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409289.2010.497453     Document Type: Article

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