Teaching vocabulary to first-grade students through repeated shared storybook reading: A comparison of rich and basic instruction to incidental exposure

Literacy Research and Instruction

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 209-242

  Maynard, Katrina L ^a   Pullen, Paige C ^a   Coyne, Michael D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Repeated shared storybook reading; Target vocabulary instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953483939     PISSN: 19388071     EISSN: 19388063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19388070902943245     Document Type: Article

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