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List of works by Robert C. Pianta

A Course on Effective Teacher-Child Interactions

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A Lot of Students and Their Teachers Need Support: Using a Common Framework to Observe Teacher Practices Might Help

A Measure of Young Children's Problem and Competence Behaviors: The Early School Behavior Scale

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A cross-lag analysis of longitudinal associations between preschool teachers’ instructional support identification skills and observed behavior

A longitudinal study of mother–child interactions at school entry and social and academic outcomes in middle school

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Absenteeism in the First Decade of Education Forecasts Civic Engagement and Educational and Socioeconomic Prospects in Young Adulthood

scientific article published on 22 June 2020

Adult attachment classification and self-reported psychiatric symptomatology as assessed by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory--2.

scientific article

Alignment and misalignment of classroom experiences from Pre-K to kindergarten

scientific article published in 2020

An Argument Approach to Observation Protocol Validity

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An interaction-based approach to enhancing secondary school instruction and student achievement

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Are teachers’ education, major, and credentials related to classroom quality and children's academic gains in pre-kindergarten?

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Assessing the Assessments of Teacher Preparation

Banking Time in Head Start: Early Efficacy of an Intervention Designed to Promote Supportive Teacher–Child Relationships

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Building Capacity for Positive Youth Development in Secondary School Classrooms: Changing Teachers’ Interactions With Students

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CLASS–Infant: An Observational Measure for Assessing Teacher–Infant Interactions in Center-Based Child Care

Can instructional and emotional support in the first-grade classroom make a difference for children at risk of school failure?

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Children enrolled in public pre-K: the relation of family life, neighborhood quality, and socioeconomic resources to early competence

scientific article published in April 2006

Children's classroom engagement and school readiness gains in prekindergarten

scientific article published in September 2010

Classroom Effects on Children’s Achievement Trajectories in Elementary School

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Classroom processes and positive youth development: conceptualizing, measuring, and improving the capacity of interactions between teachers and students

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Closing the Racial Discipline Gap in Classrooms by Changing Teacher Practice

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Collaboration in building partnerships between families and schools: The National Center for Early Development and Learning’s Kindergarten Transition Intervention☆

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Combining Classroom Observations and Value Added for the Evaluation and Professional Development of Teachers

book chapter

Conceptual and methodological issues in research on relationships between children and nonparental adults

Conceptualization, Measurement, and Improvement of Classroom Processes: Standardized Observation Can Leverage Capacity

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Consultation for Teachers and Children's Language and Literacy Development during Pre-Kindergarten

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Development and preliminary validation of the caregiving behavior system: association with child attachment classification in the preschool strange situation

scientific article published in March 2005

Development of Academic Skills from Preschool Through Second Grade: Family and Classroom Predictors of Developmental Trajectories

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Developmental commentary: individual and contextual influences on student-teacher relationships and children's early problem behaviors

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Developmental science and education: the NICHD study of early child care and youth development findings from elementary school

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Do Standard Measures of Preschool Quality Used in Statewide Policy Predict School Readiness?

article by Terri J. Sabol & Robert C. Pianta published April 2014 in Education Finance and Policy

Does the timing of kindergarten absences matter for children’s early school success?

scientific article published on 20 May 2021

Dose–response relations between preschool teachers’ exposure to components of professional development and increases in quality of their interactions with children

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EFFECTS OF A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ON BEHAVIORAL ENGAGEMENT OF STUDENTS IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL.

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Early Childhood Professional Development: Coaching and Coursework Effects on Indicators of Children’s School Readiness

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Early behavioral associations of achievement trajectories

scientific article published in September 2010

Early behavioral attributes and teachers' sensitivity as predictors of competent behavior in the kindergarten classroom

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Education. Can rating pre-K programs predict children's learning?

scientific article published in August 2013

Educators' Beliefs About Risk and Prevention: The Context for Changing Practice

Effect of Observation Mode on Measures of Secondary Mathematics Teaching

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Effects of Web-Mediated Professional Development Resources on Teacher-Child Interactions in Pre-Kindergarten Classrooms

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Effects of Web-Mediated Teacher Professional Development on the Language and Literacy Skills of Children Enrolled in Pre-Kindergarten Programs

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Effects of a Teacher Professional Development Intervention on Peer Relationships in Secondary Classrooms

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Enhancing Secondary School Instruction and Student Achievement: Replication and Extension of the My Teaching Partner-Secondary Intervention

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Erratum to “Ready to learn? Children's pre-academic achievement in pre-Kindergarten programs” [Early Childhood Research Quarterly 23 (2008) 27–50]

scholarly article published in Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Evidence for general and domain-specific elements of teacher-child interactions: associations with preschool children's development

scientific article

Examining the Black-White achievement gap among low-income children using the NICHD study of early child care and youth development

scientific article published on 25 July 2011

Family socioeconomic status and consistent environmental stimulation in early childhood

scientific article

Family-School Communication in Preschool and Kindergarten in the Context of a Relationship-Enhancing Intervention

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Features of Pre-Kindergarten Programs, Classrooms, and Teachers: Do They Predict Observed Classroom Quality and Child-Teacher Interactions?

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Fostering Early Motivation: The Influence of Teacher-Child Relationships and Interactions on Motivation in the Kindergarten Classroom

scientific article published on 11 April 2022

Fostering Supportive Teacher–Child Relationships: Intervention Implementation in a State-Funded Preschool Program

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Gains in teacher-child interaction quality and children's school readiness skills: Does it matter where teachers start?

scientific article published on 28 March 2019

How do pre-kindergarteners spend their time? Gender, ethnicity, and income as predictors of experiences in pre-kindergarten classrooms

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How schools can do better: fostering stronger connections between teachers and students.

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How teacher emotional support motivates students: The mediating roles of perceived peer relatedness, autonomy support, and competence

scientific article

Implementation fidelity of MyTeachingPartner literacy and language activities: Association with preschoolers’ language and literacy growth

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Implementation of a Course Focused on Language and Literacy Within Teacher–Child Interactions: Instructor and Student Perspectives Across Three Institutions of Higher Education

Implementing an Early Childhood Professional Development Course Across 10 Sites and 15 Sections: Lessons Learned

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Improving Observational Score Quality

academic chapter

Individual and Contextual Factors Associated with Pre-Kindergarten Teachers' Responsiveness to the MyTeachingPartner Coaching Intervention

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Instruction in Spanish in pre-kindergarten classrooms and child outcomes for English language learners

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Instruction, Teacher-Student Relations, and Math Achievement Trajectories in Elementary School

scientific article

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Kindergarten to 1st Grade: Classroom Characteristics and the Stability and Change of Children's Classroom Experiences

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Longitudinal Multitrait-Multimethod Models for Developmental Research

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Material social support as a predictor of child adjustment in kindergarten

Maternal Representations of Relationships: Assessing Multiple Parenting Dimensions

Maternal intrusiveness in infancy and child maladaptation in early school years

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Maternal relationship history as an indicator of developmental risk

scientific article published in July 1986

Measures of classroom quality in prekindergarten and children's development of academic, language, and social skills

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Measuring What Matters in Early Childhood Classrooms: A Focus on Teacher-Child Interactions

scientific article published on 5 April 2016

Mother-child interaction in children with epilepsy: Relations with child competence

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My Teaching Partner-Secondary: A video-based coaching model

scientific article published on 18 January 2017

New Lunchbox, Old Feelings: What Kids Bring to School

Observations of Effective Teacher-Student Interactions in Secondary School Classrooms: Predicting Student Achievement With the Classroom Assessment Scoring System-Secondary

scientific article published on January 2013

Observations of teacher–child interactions in classrooms serving Latinos and dual language learners: Applicability of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System in diverse settings

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Observed classroom quality profiles in state-funded pre-kindergarten programs and associations with teacher, program, and classroom characteristics

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Observing mother and child behavior in a problem-solving situation at school entry: Relations with academic achievement

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Ongoing, Web-Mediated Professional Development Focused on Teacher–Child Interactions: Early Childhood Educators' Usage Rates and Self-Reported Satisfaction

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Opportunity in Early Education: Improving Teacher–Child Interactions and Child Outcomes

scholarly article

Optimizing Resources to Maximize Student Gains

academic chapter

Parent Self-Reports of Discipline Practices and Child Acting-Out Behaviors in Kindergarten

Parental Conceptions of School Readiness: Relation to Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, and Children's Skills

article by Oscar A. Barbarin et al published 2 October 2008 in Early Education and Development

Patterns of relationships between children and kindergarten teachers

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Patterns of school readiness forecast achievement and socioemotional development at the end of elementary school

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Peer effects on children's language achievement during pre-kindergarten

scientific article published in May 2009

Persistence and convergence: The end of kindergarten outcomes of pre-K graduates and their nonattending peers

scientific article published on 05 October 2020

Pre-kindergarten teachers’ use of transition practices and children's adjustment to kindergarten

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Predicting Behavior Problems in Children with Epilepsy: Child Factors, Disease Factors, Family Stress, and Child-Mother Interaction

article by Robert C. Pianta & Deborah J. Lothman published October 1994 in Child Development

Predicting Child Outcomes at the End of Kindergarten from the Quality of Pre-Kindergarten Teacher–Child Interactions and Instruction

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Predictors of instability in children's mental test performance at 24, 48, and 96 months

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Preschool Teachers’ Emotional Exhaustion in Relation to Classroom Instruction and Teacher-child Interactions

scientific article published on 24 November 2020

Profiles of Educational Quality in First Grade

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Promoting Young Children's Social Competence through the Preschool PATHS Curriculum and MyTeachingPartner Professional Development Resources

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Public and Private Schools: Do Classroom Processes Vary by School Type?

article by Rachel H. O'Brien & Robert C. Pianta published March 2010 in Elementary School Journal

Quality in Kindergarten Classrooms: Observational Evidence for the Need to Increase Children's Learning Opportunities in Early Education Classrooms

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Quality of Language and Literacy Instruction in Preschool Classrooms Serving At-Risk Pupils

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Rater calibration when observational assessment occurs at large scale: Degree of calibration and characteristics of raters associated with calibration

Ready to learn? Children's pre-academic achievement in pre-Kindergarten programs

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Recent trends in research on teacher-child relationships

scientific article published in January 2012

Relating prekindergarten teacher beliefs and knowledge to children's language and literacy development

article published in 2015

Relations among maternal, child, and demographic factors and the persistence of preschool language impairment

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Relationships between children and teachers: Associations with classroom and home behavior

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Role of child-mother interaction in predicting competence of children with epilepsy.

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School absenteeism in the first decade of education and outcomes in adolescence

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Schools, Schooling, and Developmental Psychopathology

Self-reported depression in nonfamilial caregivers: prevalence and associations with caregiver behavior in child-care settings

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Social Relationships and School Readiness

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Stability and change in early childhood classroom interactions during the first two hours of a day

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Stability of externalizing symptoms from kindergarten to first grade and factors related to instability

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Stability of internalizing symptoms from kindergarten to first grade and factors related to instability

Student Teaching Feedback and Evaluation: Results From a Seven-State Survey

Student Teaching Within Early Childhood Teacher Preparation Programs: An Examination of Key Features Across 2- and 4-Year Institutions

Teacher Characteristics Associated with Responsiveness and Exposure to Consultation and On-line Professional Development Resources

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Teacher and Classroom Characteristics Associated With Teachers’ Ratings of Prekindergartners’ Relationships and Behaviors

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Teacher education and child outcomes: A reply to the commentary

Teacher engagement in core components of an effective, early childhood professional development course: Links to changes in teacher–child interactions

Teacher ratings of behavior among African American and Caucasian children during the first two years of school

Teacher-Child Relationships from Kindergarten to Sixth Grade: Early childhood predictors of teacher-perceived conflict and closeness

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Teacher-child racial/ethnic match within pre-kindergarten classrooms and children’s early school adjustment

Teacher-child relationships and the process of adjusting to school

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Teachers' Education, Classroom Quality, and Young Children's Academic Skills: Results From Seven Studies of Preschool Programs

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Teachers' Perceptions of Conflict with Young Students: Looking beyond Problem Behaviors

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Teachers' perceptions of their relationships with students: Effects of child age, gender, and ethnicity of teachers and children

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Teacher–student interactions in fifth grade classrooms: Relations with children's peer behavior

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Teaching Through Interactions in Secondary School Classrooms: Revisiting the Factor Structure and Practical Application of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System-Secondary

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Teaching through Interactions

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Teaching. Opportunities to learn in America's elementary classrooms

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The Classroom Assessment Scoring System: Findings from the Prekindergarten Year

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The Contribution of Classroom Setting and Quality of Instruction to Children’s Behavior in Kindergarten Classrooms

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The Effect of Observation Length and Presentation Order on the Reliability and Validity of an Observational Measure of Teaching Quality

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The Effects of Preschool Education: What We Know, How Public Policy Is or Is Not Aligned With the Evidence Base, and What We Need to Know

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The Importance of Teacher-Student Relationships for Adolescents with High Incidence Disabilities

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The Individualized Classroom Assessment Scoring System (inCLASS): Preliminary Reliability and Validity of a System for Observing Preschoolers' Competence in Classroom Interactions

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The Influence of Informants on Ratings of Children's Behavioral Functioning

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The Metropolitan Readiness Test as a Descriptor and Predictor of Children's Competence in Kindergarten Through Grade Two

The Relations of Observed Pre-K Classroom Quality Profiles to Children's Achievement and Social Competence

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The Role of Relational and Instructional Classroom Supports in the Language Development of At-Risk Preschoolers

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The Role of the Mentor in Supporting New Teachers: Associations with Self-Efficacy, Reflection, and Quality

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The Social Ecology of the Transition to School: Classrooms, Families, and Children

The Teacher Belief Q-Sort: A measure of teachers' priorities in relation to disciplinary practices, teaching practices, and beliefs about children

The Transition to Kindergarten: Fostering Connections for Early School Success

The behavioral and emotional correlates of epilepsy in adolescence: a 7-year follow-up study.

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The challenging pupil in the classroom: the effect of the child on the teacher

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The classroom relational environment and children’s early development in preschool

scientific article published on 14 April 2020

The first two years of school: Teacher-child relationships and deflections in children's classroom adjustment

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The pivotal role of adolescent autonomy in secondary school classrooms

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The role of executive function in children's competent adjustment to middle school

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Threshold analysis of association between child care quality and child outcomes for low-income children in pre-kindergarten programs

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Thresholds in the association between quality of teacher–child interactions and preschool children’s school readiness skills

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Typical Classroom Experiences in First Grade: The Role of Classroom Climate and Functional Risk in the Development of Social Competencies

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Understanding how children's engagement and teachers' interactions combine to predict school readiness

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Universal and targeted pre-kindergarten programmes: a comparison of classroom characteristics and child outcomes

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Unpacking intervention effects: Teacher responsiveness as a mediator of perceived intervention quality and change in teaching practice

Use and Evaluation of Web-based Professional Development Services Across Participant Levels of Support

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Using Logic in Special Classrooms (2)

Using self report surveys to measure PreK children’s academic orientations: A psychometric evaluation

scientific article published in 2020

Validating Virginia's quality rating and improvement system among state-funded pre-kindergarten programs

Validating the Student-Teacher Relationship Scale: Testing factor structure and measurement invariance across child gender and age in a Dutch sample

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Variation in the effectiveness of instructional interactions across preschool classroom settings and learning activities

Variation in the long-term benefits of child care: The role of classroom quality in elementary school

scientific article published on 5 April 2018

Why Measure Effective Teaching

academic chapter

Within-Day Variability in the Quality of Classroom Interactions during Third and Fifth Grade

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