Dual language learners in the early childhood classroom / 
edited by Carollee Howes, Jason T. Downer, and Robert C. Pianta. 
 - Baltimore, Md. :  Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co.,  c2011. 
 - xvi, 280 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
 - National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education series .
 - National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education series. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Describing the classroom experiences of dual language learners -- Experiences of low-income dual language learning preschoolers in diverse early learning settings -- The importance of sensitive measurement tools for understanding what instructional practices promote school readiness for dual language learners -- Preschool classroom experiences of dual language learners : summary of findings from publicly funded programs in 11 states -- The role of teacher-child relationships in Spanish-speaking dual language learners' language and literacy development in the early years -- Describing the language and literacy practices in classrooms with dual language learners -- The language interaction snapshot (LISn) : a new observational measure for assessing language interactions in linguistically diverse early childhood programs -- Using the observation measures of language and literacy instruction (OMLIT) to characterize early literacy classrooms -- focus on dual language learners -- The classroom assessment of supports for emergent bilingual acquisition : psychometric properties and key initial findings from New Jersey's Abbott preschool program. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781598571820 1598571826 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010054614 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bilingualism in children--United States.<br/>Language acquisition.<br/>Early childhood education--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P115.2  / .H68 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>372.651 HOW