Teachers' use of scaffolding strategies during read alouds in the preschool classroom

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 241-248

  Pentimonti, Jill M ^a   Justice, Laura M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergent literacy; Preschool; Read aloud; Scaffolding

Indexed keywords

EID: 72449128494     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-009-0348-6     Document Type: Article

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