Teacher characteristics, classroom instruction, and student literacy and language outcomes in bilingual kindergartners

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 341-364

  Cirino, Paul T ^a   Pollard Durodola, Sharolyn D ^b   Foorman, Barbara R ^c   Carlson, Coleen D ^a   Francis, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34047171247     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516668     Document Type: Article

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