Child engagement in the transition to school: Contributions of self-regulation, teacher-child relationships and classroom climate

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-12

  Cadima, Joana ^a   Doumen, Sarah ^b   Verschueren, Karine ^b   Buyse, Evelien ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Classroom organization; Engagement in learning; School transition; Self regulation; Teacher child relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939782597     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2015.01.008     Document Type: Article

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