Starting school: What do the children say?

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 107-119

  Dockett, Sue ^a   Perry, Bob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disposition; Elementary school; Rules; Transition; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885518393     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443991590109     Document Type: Article

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