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Scribner, Sylvia; Cole, Michael – Harvard Educational Review, 1978
Examines relationship between literacy and intellectual development and the belief that literacy leads to higher forms of thought. Describes research findings among the Vai of Liberia, a people who invented a syllabic writing system to represent their own language. Investigates effects of becoming literate separately from effects of attending…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adult Literacy, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages