Kindergarten readiness and preschools: Teachers' and parents' beliefs within and across programs

Early Childhood Research and Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Hatcher, Beth ^a   Nuner, Joyce ^b   Paulsel, Jean ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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