Individualizing student instruction precisely: Effects of child × instruction interactions on first graders' literacy development

Child Development

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-100

  McDonald Connor, Carol ^a,c   Piasta, Shayne B ^a   Fishman, Barry ^b   Glasney, Stephanie ^a   Schatschneider, Christopher ^a   Crowe, Elizabeth ^a   Underwood, Phyllis ^a   Morrison, Frederick J ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ALGORITHM; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INDIVIDUALITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEER GROUP; POVERTY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; ALGORITHMS; APTITUDE; COMPREHENSION; FLORIDA; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INSERVICE TRAINING; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PEER GROUP; POVERTY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; READING; TEACHING; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 59949091087     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01247.x     Document Type: Article

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