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Zucker, Tricia A.; Justice, Laura M.; Piasta, Shayne B. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2009
Purpose: The frequency with which adults reference print when reading with preschool-age children is associated with growth in children's print knowledge (e.g., L.M. Justice & H.K. Ezell, 2000, 2002). This study examined whether prekindergarten (pre-K) teachers naturally reference print during classroom shared reading and if verbal print…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Educational Practices, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods
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Justice, Laura M.; McGinty, Anita S.; Piasta, Shayne B.; Kaderavek, Joan N.; Fan, Xitao – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2010
Purpose: This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of teachers' use of a print-referencing style during whole-class read-alouds with respect to accelerating 4- and 5-year-old children's print-knowledge development. It also examined 8 specific child- and setting-level moderators to determine whether these influenced the relation…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Intervention, Reading Aloud to Others, Instructional Effectiveness
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Beauchat, Katherine A.; Blamey, Katrin L.; Walpole, Sharon – Reading Teacher, 2009
Preschool is a complex place, and some preschool educators come to their classrooms without formal training in language and literacy pedagogy. As a result, they need practical guidance and support to ensure that they are facilitating literacy success. An area ripe for targeted language and literacy instruction is shared storybook reading. We have…
Descriptors: Reading Aloud to Others, Preschool Children, Emergent Literacy, Language Acquisition