Use and evaluation of web-based professional development services across participant levels of support

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 379-386

  Whitaker, Steve ^a   Kinzie, Mable ^a   Kraft Sayre, Marcia E ^a   Mashburn, Andrew ^a   Pianta, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; MyTeachingPartner; Online; Online professional development; Participation; Perceptions of support; Pre K; Prek; Prek professional development; Professional development; Support; Web; Web based; Web based professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248156314     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-006-0142-7     Document Type: Article

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