Implementation fidelity of MyTeachingPartner literacy and language activities: Association with preschoolers' language and literacy growth

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 329-347

  Hamre, Bridget K ^a   Justice, Laura M ^b   Pianta, Robert C ^a   Kilday, Carolyn ^a   Sweeney, Beverly ^a   Downer, Jason T ^a   Leach, Allison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early literacy development; Implementation; Language development; Teacher child interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952979645     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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