Activity settings and daily routines in preschool classrooms: Diverse experiences in early learning settings for low-income children

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 198-209

  Fuligni, Allison Sidle ^a   Howes, Carollee ^b   Huang, Yiching ^b   Hong, Sandra Soliday ^b   Lara Cinisomo, Sandraluz ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child directed activity; Instructional quality; Preschool quality; School readiness; Teacher directed activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863254702     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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