The dosage of professional development for early childhood professionals: How the amount and density of professional development may influence its effectiveness

Advances in Early Education and Day Care

Volumn 15, Issue , 2011, Pages 11-32

  Ramey, Sharon Landesman ^a   Crowell, Nancy A ^a   Ramey, Craig T ^a   Grace, Cathy ^a   Timraz, Nedaa ^a   Davis, Louise E ^a  

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Author keywords

Dosage; Early childhood education; Professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884511751     PISSN: 02704021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0270-4021(2011)0000015005     Document Type: Article

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