Effects of coaching on educators’ and preschoolers’ use of references to print and phonological awareness during a small-group craft/writing activity

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 94-111

  Milburn, Trelani F ^a   Hipfner Boucher, Kathleen ^a   Weitzman, Elaine ^b   Greenberg, Janice ^b   Pelletier, Janette ^a   Girolametto, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Hanen Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AWARENESS; CANADA; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; TEACHING; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AWARENESS; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PHONETICS; READING; TEACHING; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84926294004     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/2015_LSHSS-14-0020     Document Type: Article

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