Impact of professional development on preschool teachers' conversational responsivity and children's linguistic productivity and complexity

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 387-400

  Piasta, Shayne B ^a   Justice, Laura M ^a   Cabell, Sonia Q ^b   Wiggins, Alice K ^b   Turnbull, Khara Pence ^b   Curenton, Stephanie M ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intervention; Oral language; Preschool; Professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864004966     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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