Enhancing research and practice in early childhood through formative and design experiments

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 305-319

  Bradley, Barbara A ^a   Reinking, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design experiments; Formative experiments; Mixed methods; Pragmatism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956113952     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430903357894     Document Type: Article

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