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Emergent Literacy: Learning about Print before Learning to Read.
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van Kleeck, Anne – Topics in Language Disorders, 1990
This article reviews the literature regarding the seeds of literacy in preschool students. Conclusions indicate that children learn many basic concepts of print communication from daily experience with its use well before any ability to decode writing emerges. Games and other everyday interactions with print are recommended for facilitating…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps, Learning Activities
Assessing Social Communication in the Classroom: Observing Manner and Duration of Performance
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Olswang, Lesley B.; Coggins, Truman E.; Svensson, Liselotte – Topics in Language Disorders, 2007
This article describes a new construct for coding the social communicative performance of school-aged children as they interact with peers and teachers in the classroom. The Social Communication Coding System (SCCS) allows clinicians a way of describing how children actually spend their time during the school day by observing ongoing behaviors…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Interaction Process Analysis
Early Intervention for Children's Reading Problems: Clinical Applications of the Research in Phonological Awareness.
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Blachman, Benita A. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1991
This article reviews research on training phonological awareness in kindergarten and first grade children and describes research-based intervention and assessment activities applicable to classroom and clinical settings. Intervention applications described include categorization activities, phoneme segmentation, and metalinguistic games. (DB)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Early Intervention, Grade 1, Kindergarten