Observed stress behaviors of 1st-grade children participating in more and less developmentally appropriate activities in a computer-based literacy laboratory

Journal of Research in Childhood Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 36-46

  Ruckman, Andrea Young ^a   Burts, Diane C ^b   Pierce, Sarah H ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85008852672     PISSN: 02568543     EISSN: 21502641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02568549909594750     Document Type: Article

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