Circle Time: An Exploratory Study of Activities and Challenging Behavior in Head Start Classrooms

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 439-448

  Zaghlawan, Hasan Y ^a   Ostrosky, Michaelene M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Challenging behavior; Circle time; Head Start

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952039825     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-010-0431-z     Document Type: Article

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