Making time for literacy: Teacher knowledge and time allocation in instructional planning

Reading and Writing

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1353-1378

  Spear Swerling, Louise ^a   Zibulsky, Jamie ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Literacy; Reading; Reading instruction; Teacher beliefs; Teacher knowledge; Writing instruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905677751     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-013-9491-y     Document Type: Article

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