Impact of professional development on preschool teachers' print references during shared read alouds: A latent growth curve analysis

Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 343-380

  Piasta, Shayne B ^a   Dynia, Jaclyn M ^a   Justice, Laura M ^a   Pentimonti, Jill M ^a   Kaderavek, Joan N ^b   Schatschneider, Christopher ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergent literacy; Intervention; Preschool; Print knowledge; Professional development; Shared reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960930666     PISSN: 19345747     EISSN: 19345739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19345747.2010.482177     Document Type: Article

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