The role of service-learning in transforming teacher candidates' teaching of reading

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1043-1050

  Wasserman, Kathleen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Reading; Self efficacy; Service learning; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349212098     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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