Does pre-school make a difference?: Identifying the impact of preschool on children's cognitive and social behavioural development at different ages

Early Childhood Matters: Evidence from the Effective Pre-school and Primary Education Project

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 92-113

  Sammons, Pam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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