Maternal teaching during play with four-year-olds: Variation by ethnicity and family resources

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 361-398

  Tamis LeMonda, Catherine S ^a   Sze, Irene Nga Lam ^b   Ng, Florrie Fei Yin ^b   Kahana Kalman, Ronit ^a   Yoshikawa, Hirokazu ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

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EID: 84979807654     PISSN: 0272930X     EISSN: 15350266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mpq.2013.0016     Document Type: Article

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