Kindergarten reading engagement: An investigation of teacher ratings

Journal of Applied School Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 131-144

  Clarke, Angela T ^a   Power, Thomas J ^a   Blomhoffman, Jessica ^b   Dwyer, Julie F ^c   Kelleher, Constance R ^c   Novak, Maytali ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Kindergarten; Literacy; Program evaluation; Reading engagement; Teacher ratings

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649270701     PISSN: 15377903     EISSN: 15377911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J370v20n01_08     Document Type: Article

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