Observations of Children's Interactions with Teachers, Peers, and Tasks across Preschool Classroom Activity Settings

Early Education and Development

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 517-538

  Booren, Leslie M ^a   Downer, Jason T ^a   Vitiello, Virginia E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Teachstone Inc   (United States)

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EID: 84863438113     PISSN: 10409289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409289.2010.548767     Document Type: Article

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