Thresholds in the association between quality of teacher-child interactions and preschool children's school readiness skills

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue , 2016, Pages 561-571

  Hatfield, Bridget E ^a   Burchinal, Margaret R ^b   Pianta, Robert C ^c   Sideris, John ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care quality; Classroom assessment scoring system; Preschool pre kindergarten; School readiness skills; Teacher child interactions

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CHILD; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; SPRING; TEACHER;

EID: 84960880358     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2015.09.005     Document Type: Article

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