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Cobb, Jeanne B.; Allen, Diane D. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2001
Describes the experiences and the effective instructional practices of one college student who over a three-year period was a literacy tutor in a university America Reads program. Describes his two distinctive tutoring roles. Examines social interactions, activities he used to scaffold instruction for at-risk emergent readers, and the impact of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy
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Drew, Margaret – Ohio Reading Teacher, 2000
Presents a project to develop emergent literacy awareness and increase success with reading and writing through the America Reads program. Suggests the value of early experience and interaction with print in children's reading and writing development. Finds that approaches in which systematic code instruction is included alongside meaning…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy, High Risk Students, Program Effectiveness