Classroom dimensions predict early peer interaction when children are diverse in ethnicity, race, and home language

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 399-408

  Howes, Carollee ^a   Wishard Guerra, Alison ^b   Fuligni, Allison ^c   Zucker, Eleanor ^a   Lee, Linda ^d   Obregon, Nora B ^a   Spivak, Asha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classrooms; Early peer relations; Teacher child relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052299338     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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