Live webcam coaching to help early elementary classroom teachers provide effective literacy instruction for struggling readers: The targeted reading intervention

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1175-1187

  Vernon Feagans, Lynne ^a   Kainz, Kirsten ^a   Hedrick, Amy ^b   Ginsberg, Marnie ^a   Amendum, Steve ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b LENOIR RHYNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational technology; Individualized instruction; Literacy coaching; Rural classroom teacher; Struggling readers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887556273     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032143     Document Type: Article

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