Vocabulary learning in Head Start: Nature and extent of classroom instruction and its contributions to children's learning

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 387-405

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

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom instruction; FACES data; Head Start; Preschool; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84879783178     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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