Thresholds in the association between child care quality and child outcomes in rural preschool children

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-51

  Burchinal, Margaret ^a   Vernon Feagans, Lynne ^a   Vitiello, Virginia ^b   Greenberg, Mark ^c,c   Cox, Martha ^a   Blair, Clancy ^d   Willoughby, Michael ^a   Garrett Peters, Patricia ^a   Mills Koonce, Roger ^a   Ittig, Mau reen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care quality thresholds; Preschool classroom quality; Rural preschool children's outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920281414     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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