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Melton, Louisa; Pickett, Winston; Sherer, Gail – 1999
This booklet examines the learning process in reading, not with an eye to simple solutions, but with concern about problems and potential remedies. Within this framework, it discusses research on the brain and learning processes and suggests some ways to improve instruction for all children in grades K-8. After an introduction, sections of the…
Descriptors: Brain, Early Reading, Elementary Education, Learning Processes
Download full textBird, Viv; Akerman, Rodie – National Literacy Trust, 2005
According to a recent study by the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) at the London School of Economics, poverty and social exclusion have been taken very seriously by this Government, resulting in high-profile targets, new policies and funding streams. Social exclusion was recognised to consist of multi-faceted and interlinked…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Reading Skills, Economically Disadvantaged, Emergent Literacy
