Examining the definition and measurement of quality in early childhood education: A review of studies using the ECERS-R from 2003 to 2010

Early Childhood Research and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  La Paro, Karen M ^a   Thomason, Amy C ^b   Lower, Joanna K ^a   Kintner Duffy, Victoria L ^a   Cassidy, Deborah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE   (United States)

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