Improving kindergarten teachers’ differentiation practices to better anticipate student differences

Educational Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 357-377

  Dijkstra, Elma M ^a   Walraven, Amber ^b   Mooij, Ton ^a   Kirschner, Paul A ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

curriculum differentiation; instructional differentiation; kindergarten teachers; school policy; Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84974851896     PISSN: 03055698     EISSN: 14653400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03055698.2016.1195719     Document Type: Article

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