Understanding how children's engagement and teachers' interactions combine to predict school readiness

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 299-309

  Williford, Amanda P ^a   Maier, Michelle F ^a,c   Downer, Jason T ^a   Pianta, Robert C ^a   Howes, Carolee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MDRC   (United States)

Author keywords

Child engagement; Classroom observations; Early childhood; Latent profile analysis; School readiness; Teacher child interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887990749     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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