An integrated curriculum to improve mathematics, language, and literacy for Head Start children

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 763-793

  Fantuzzo, John W ^a   Gadsden, Vivian L ^a   McDermott, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

at risk students; child development; classroom research; early childhood; hierarchical modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955844753     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831210385446     Document Type: Article

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