Teacher study group: Impact of the professional development model on reading instruction and student outcomes in first grade classrooms

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 694-739

  Gersten, Russell ^a   Dimino, Joseph ^a   Jayanthi, Madhavi ^a   Kim, James S ^b   Santoro, Lana Edwards ^a  

^a Instructional Research Group   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

comprehension; professional development; school effectiveness; teacher effectiveness; teacher knowledge; vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957341242     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831209361208     Document Type: Article

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