Promoting social and emotional competencies in elementary school

Future of Children

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 49-72

  Jone, Stephanie M ^a   Barnes, Sophie P ^a   Bailey, Rebecca ^a   Doolittle, Emily J ^b  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b United States Department of Education   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAREER; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCIENTIST; SKILL; STUDENT; TEACHER;

EID: 85028349830     PISSN: 10548289     EISSN: 15501558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/foc.2017.0003     Document Type: Article

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