A standardized tool for assessing the quality of classroom-based shared reading: Systematic Assessment of Book Reading (SABR)

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 512-528

  Pentimonti, Jill M ^a   Zucker, Tricia A ^b   Justice, Laura M ^a   Petscher, Yaacov ^c   Piasta, Shayne B ^a   Kaderavek, Joan N ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Book reading; Literacy; Preschool; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864011371     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2011.12.007     Document Type: Article

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