Classroom soundscape

Educational and Child Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-99

  Flagg Williams, Joan B ^a   Rubin, Rhonda L ^b   Aquino Russell, Catherine E ^c  

^a Atlantic Baptist University   (Canada)

^b HORIZON HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

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EID: 84871443126     PISSN: 02671611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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