Opportunity in early education: Improving teacher-child interactions and child outcomes

Childhood Programs and Practices in the First Decade of Life: A Human Capital Integration

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 243-265

  Mashburn, Andrew J ^a   Pianta, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511762666.014     Document Type: Chapter

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