Professional development for early childhood educators: Efforts to improve math and science learning opportunities in early childhood classrooms.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Educational Psychology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1939-2176,0022-0663
DOI: 10.1037/a0037621