Effects of an Early Literacy Professional Development Intervention on Head Start Teachers and Children

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 299-312

  Powell, Douglas R ^a   Diamond, Karen E ^a   Burchinal, Margaret R ^b   Koehler, Matthew J ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early literacy; Educational technologies; Expert coaching; Head Start; Professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955046539     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017763     Document Type: Article

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