Relating prekindergarten teacher beliefs and knowledge to children's language and literacy development

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 97-105

  Cash, Anne H ^a   Cabell, Sonia Q ^b   Hamre, Bridget K ^b   DeCoster, Jamie ^b   Pianta, Robert C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Language; Literacy; Teacher beliefs; Teacher knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923374118     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2015.02.003     Document Type: Article

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