Effects of Web-Mediated Teacher Professional Development on the Language and Literacy Skills of Children Enrolled in Prekindergarten Programs

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Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 189-212

  Downer, Jason T ^a   Pianta, Robert C ^a   Fan, Xitao ^b   Hamre, Bridget K ^a   Mashburn, Andrew ^a   Justice, Laura ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

early childhood education; emergent literacy; in service training; language development; professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856577079     PISSN: 15240754     EISSN: 19309325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15240754.2011.613129     Document Type: Article

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