The relationship of family variables to head start children's preacademic competence

Early Education and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 357-375

  Mantzicopoulos, Panayota Y ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84882404937     PISSN: 10409289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15566935eed0804_1     Document Type: Article

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