The impact of professional development and coaching on early language and literacy instructional practices

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 532-566

  Neuman, Susan B ^a   Cunningham, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood; Literacy; Professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 67949099198     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831208328088     Document Type: Article

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