Early achievement in rural China: The role of preschool experience

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-76

  Rao, Nirmala ^a   Sun, Jin ^a   Zhou, Jing ^b   Zhang, Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Achievement; Chinese; Early childhood education; Preschool quality; Rural

Indexed keywords

EID: 81455143781     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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