Effects of a professional development program on classroom practices and outcomes for Latino dual language learners

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 194-206

  Buysse, Virginia ^a   Castro, Dina C ^a   Peisner Feinberg, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Language and literacy skills; Latino dual language learners; Professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 77249133688     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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