Impact of performance feedback delivered via electronic mail on preschool teachers' use of descriptive praise

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 96-109

  Hemmeter, Mary Louise ^a   Snyder, Patricia ^b   Kinder, Kiersten ^a   Artman, Kathleen ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Challenging behavior; Coaching; Descriptive praise; Feedback; Preschool; Single subject design; Social emotional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649680359     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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