Effects of coaching on educators' vocabulary-teaching strategies during shared reading

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 346-356

  Namasivayam, Ashwini M ^a   Hipfner Boucher, Kathy ^a   Milburn, Trelani ^a   Weitzman, Elaine ^b   Greenberg, Janice ^b   Pelletier, Janette ^a   Girolametto, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Hanen Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

pre school; reading; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; READING; TEACHING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84942811320     PISSN: 17549515     EISSN: 17549507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17549507.2014.979871     Document Type: Article

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