Through race-colored glasses: Preschoolers' pretend play and teachers' ratings of preschooler adjustment

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-11

  Yates, Tuppett M ^a   Marcelo, Ana K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Imagination; Interaction effect; Preschool; Pretend play; Race; Teacher bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903134917     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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