Teacher-child interactions: Relations with children's self-concept in second grade

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 385-405

  Leflot, Geertje ^a   Onghena, Patrick ^a   Colpin, Hilde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Childhood; Self concept; Teacher child interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649454322     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.672     Document Type: Article

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