Enhancing preschool children's vocabulary: Effects of teacher talk before, during and after shared reading

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 214-226

  Gonzalez, Jorge E ^a   Pollard Durodola, Sharolyn ^a   Simmons, Deborah C ^a   Taylor, Aaron B ^a   Davis, Matthew J ^a   Fogarty, Melissa ^a   Simmons, Leslie ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Observation; Preschool; Questioning; Shared reading; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920990613     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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