Indirect impact: How early childhood educator training and coaching impacted the acquisition of literacy skills in preschool students

Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 363-377

  Cusumano, Dale Lynn ^a   Armstrong, Kathleen ^a   Cohen, Rachel ^a   Todd, Melissa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 33845899383     PISSN: 10901027     EISSN: 17455642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10901020600996166     Document Type: Article

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