Ongoing, web-mediated professional development focused on teacher-child interactions: Early childhood educators' usage rates and self-reported satisfaction

Early Education and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 321-345

  Downer, Jason T ^b   Kraft Sayre, Marcia E ^a   Pianta, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 68349117129     PISSN: 10409289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409280802595425     Document Type: Article

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