Shared Book Reading: When and How Questions Affect Young Children's Word Learning

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 294-304

  Blewitt, Pamela ^a   Rump, Keiran M ^b   Shealy, Stephanie E ^a   Cook, Samantha A ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

extratextual questions; scaffolding; shared book reading; vocabulary; word learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249155401     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013844     Document Type: Article

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