A Professional Development Program to Improve Math Skills Among Preschool Children in Head Start

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 187-195

  Brendefur, Jonathan ^a   Strother, Sam ^a   Thiede, Keith ^a   Lane, Cristianne ^b   Surges Prokop, Mary Jo ^b  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lee Pesky Learning Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood mathematics; Head start; Professional development; Student achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875586028     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-012-0543-8     Document Type: Article

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