Chinese Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (trial) (CECERS): A validity study

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 268-282

  Li, Kejian ^a   Hu, Bi Ying ^c   Pan, Yi ^b   Qin, Jinliang ^a   Fan, Xitao ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Early childhood education; Quality measurement; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961318162     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2014.02.007     Document Type: Article

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