Unpacking an effective language and literacy coaching intervention in head start: Following teachers' learning over two years of training

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 131-154

  Hindman, Annemarie H ^a   Wasik, Barbara A ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84867246868     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: 15548279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/666389     Document Type: Article

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