Building support for language and early literacy in preschool classrooms through in-service professional development: Effects of the Literacy Environment Enrichment Program (LEEP)

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 243-260

  Dickinson, David K ^a   Caswell, Linda ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom; Intervention; Language; Literacy; Preschool; Professional development; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547907450     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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