Impact of online support for teachers' open-ended questioning in pre-k science activities

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 568-577

  Lee, Youngju ^a   Kinzie, Mable B ^b   Whittaker, Jessica Vick ^b  

^a Korea National University of Education   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blended professional development; Open ended questions; Pre k science; Video based modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862791310     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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