Universal and targeted pre-kindergarten programmes: A comparison of classroom characteristics and child outcomes

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 183, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 931-950

  Dotterer, Aryn M ^a   Burchinal, Margaret ^b   Bryant, Donna ^b   Early, Diane ^b   Pianta, Robert C ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

classroom quality; pre kindergarten; school readiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879541029     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430.2012.698388     Document Type: Article

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