Being unready for school: Factors affecting risk and resilience

Disparities in School Readiness: How Families Contribute to Transitions into School

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-30

  Farkas, George ^a   Hibel, Jacob ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84920381373     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203809754     Document Type: Chapter

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