Pictures and Words: Spanish and English Vocabulary in Classrooms

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 897-911

  Branum Martin, Lee ^a   Mehta, Paras D ^a   Francis, David J ^a   Foorman, Barbara R ^b   Cirino, Paul T ^a   Miller, Jon F ^c   Iglesias, Aquiles ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bilingualism; instruction; multilevel models; narrative measures; vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449700226     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015817     Document Type: Article

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