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Direct linkWasik, Barbara A.; Bond, Mary Alice; Hindman, Annemarie – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2006
A language and literacy intervention was implemented in 10 Head Start classrooms. Teachers were trained in specific book reading and conversation strategies. The focus of the intervention was to train teachers how to increase opportunities for language and vocabulary development in young children. At the end of the year, children in the…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Preschool Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Intervention
