Effects of web-mediated professional development resources on teacher-child interactions in pre-kindergarten classrooms

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 431-451

  Pianta, Robert C ^a   Mashburn, Andrew J ^a   Downer, Jason T ^a   Hamre, Bridget K ^a   Justice, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

At scale implementation; Consultation; Early childhood education; In service training; Professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 56949096943     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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