A qualitative metasynthesis comparing U.S. teachers' conceptions of school readiness prior to and after the implementation of NCLB

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-13

  Brown, Christopher P ^a   Lan, Yi Chin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAIPEI   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

NCLB; Qualitative metasynthesis; Qualitative research; School readiness; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907485567     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2014.08.012     Document Type: Article

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