Predictors of school readiness in five-to six-year-old children from an Australian longitudinal community sample

Educational Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-16

  Prior, Margot ^a   Bavin, Edith ^b   Ong, Ben ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 78650244917     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410.2010.541048     Document Type: Article

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