The fourth r: Recess and its link to learning

Educational Forum

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 16-25

  Waite Stupiansky, Sandra ^a   Findlay, Marcia ^b  

^a EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Environmental field and mother of two elementary age children in Meadville   (United States)

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EID: 85001183705     PISSN: 00131725     EISSN: 19388098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131720108984795     Document Type: Article

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