Classroom practices for vocabulary enhancement in prekindergarten: Lessons from PAVEd for success

Teaching and Learning Vocabulary: Bringing Research to Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 157-178

  Schwanenflugel, Paula J ^a   Hamilton, Claire E ^a   Bradley, Barbara A ^b   Ruston, Hilary P ^a   Neuharth Pritchett, Stacey ^a   Restrepo, M Adelaida ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410612922     Document Type: Chapter

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