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Transition Practices: Findings from a National Survey of Kindergarten Teachers

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  1. Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, University of North Carolina, Campus Box 8040, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599-8040

    Diane M. Early

  2. Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 800784, Charlottesville, Virginia, 22904

    Robert C. Pianta

  3. Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, 29208

    Lorraine C. Taylor

  4. Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599

    Martha J. Cox

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Early, D.M., Pianta, R.C., Taylor, L.C. et al. Transition Practices: Findings from a National Survey of Kindergarten Teachers. Early Childhood Education Journal 28, 199–206 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026503520593

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