Preschool Classroom Behavioral Context and School Readiness Outcomes for Low-Income Children: A Multilevel Examination of Child- and Classroom-Level Influences

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 421-438

  Bulotsky Shearer, Rebecca J ^a   Dominguez, Ximena ^b   Bell, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental ecological theory; Emotional and behavioral adjustment; Head start; Preschool classroom context; School readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870963465     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026301     Document Type: Article

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