Investigating video as a means to promote vocabulary for at-risk children

Contemporary Educational Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 170-179

  Silverman, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

At risk; Dual Language Learning; Multimedia; Video; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876482849     PISSN: 0361476X     EISSN: 10902384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cedpsych.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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