Professional development + coaching = enhanced teaching: Increasing usage of math mediated language in preschool classrooms

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-69

  Rudd, Loretta C ^a   Lambert, Matthew C ^a   Satterwhite, Macy ^a   Smith, Cinda H ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coaching; Early childhood education; Mathematics education; Professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350742936     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-009-0320-5     Document Type: Article

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