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Pellegrini, A. D.; And Others – Research in the Teaching of English, 1991
Examines the predictive relations among dimensions of symbolic play (object and ideational transformations), linguistic verbs, and measures of early literacy. Indicates that use of linguistic verbs predicts Concepts of Print scores and that symbolic play and linguistic verbs predict emergent writing and reading, respectively. (SR)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Emergent Literacy, Prereading Experience, Preschool Education
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Andrews, Larry – Research in the Teaching of English, 1971
Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, High School Students, Prereading Experience, Questioning Techniques
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Barone, Diane – Research in the Teaching of English, 1993
Finds that, at the end of the first year of a six-year longitudinal study, the literacy development of 26 children prenatally exposed to crack or cocaine appeared to be within the parameters of normal literacy development. (SR)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Children, Cocaine, Crack
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Pappas, Christine C.; Brown, Elga – Research in the Teaching of English, 1987
Argues that an essential factor in becoming literate is young children's developing an understanding of the registers of written language. Examines the reading-like behavior of a prereading kindergartner. (AEW)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Childrens Literature, Cognitive Development, Kindergarten Children