Using coaching to increase preschool teachers' use of emergent literacy teaching strategies

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-247

  Hsieh, Wu Ying ^a   Hemmeter, Mary Louise ^b   McCollum, Jeanette A ^c   Ostrosky, Michaelene M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Coaching; Emergent literacy; Preschool teacher; Professional development; Single subject study; Teaching strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349769512     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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