Instructional support predicts children's task avoidance in kindergarten

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 376-386

  Pakarinen, Eija ^a   Kiuru, Noona ^a   Lerkkanen, Marja Kristiina ^a   Poikkeus, Anna Maija ^a   Ahonen, Timo ^a   Nurmi, Jari Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Classroom observations; Instructional support; Mathematics; Task avoidant behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955592265     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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