Ready for success in kindergarten: A comparative analysis of teacher, parent, and administrator beliefs in Hawaii

Journal of Early Childhood Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 223-258

  Grace, Donna J ^a   Brandt, Mary E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Hawaii State Department of Education   (United States)

Author keywords

administrators; Hawaiian parents teachers administrators; perceptions beliefs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993804270     PISSN: 1476718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476718X06067578     Document Type: Article

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