Applicability of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System in Chinese Preschools Based on Psychometric Evidence

Early Education and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 714-734

  Hu, Bi Ying ^a   Fan, Xitao ^a   Gu, Chuanhua ^b   Yang, Ning ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84954236344     PISSN: 10409289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409289.2016.1113069     Document Type: Article

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