Educational effects of the Tools of the Mind curriculum: A randomized trial

@article{Barnett2008EducationalEO,
  title={Educational effects of the Tools of the Mind curriculum: A randomized trial},
  author={William Steven Barnett and Kwanghee Jung and Donald J. Yarosz and Jessica A. Thomas and Amy Hornbeck and Robert A. Stechuk and Susan Freeman Burns},
  journal={Early Childhood Research Quarterly},
  year={2008},
  volume={23},
  pages={299-313}
}
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