Validity of a structured interview protocol for assessing children’s preferences

Early Childhood Education: Issues and Developments

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 88-103

  Green, Vanessa A ^a,b   Sigafoos, Jeff ^a,b   Didden, Robert ^c   O’Reilly, Mark F ^d   Lancioni, Giulio E ^e   Ollington, Nadia ^b   Payne, Donna ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

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