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Content and Orientation of Kindergarten Curriculum for At-Risk Students.
Gersten, Russell – 1989
The first major objective of this paper is to describe in some detail the research that documents the proposition that even extremely disadvantaged 5-year-olds can be taught to read in kindergarten, and that, contrary to popular belief, there is no evidence of negative side effects from such teaching. The paper also describes an effective academic…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Developmental Programs, Early Childhood Education, Economically Disadvantaged