The role of context in preschool learning: A multilevel examination of the contribution of context-specific problem behaviors and classroom process quality to low-income children's approaches to learning

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-195

  Domínguez, Ximena ^a,b   Vitiello, Virginia E ^c   Fuccillo, Janna M ^b   Greenfield, Daryl B ^b   Bulotsky Shearer, Rebecca J ^b  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Approaches to learning; Classroom process quality; Problem behavior

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PEER GROUP; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEACHING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; MALE; PEER GROUP; POVERTY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEACHING;

EID: 79955462937     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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