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Reed, Michael – 1986
Early reading instruction is important for all children, but especially for the disadvantaged, because the decision not to expose them to reading at an early age may result in an unrecoverable loss of intellectual potential. Reading readiness as an approach may exile children from literacy permanently because it is an abstract and alien process…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Early Reading, Reading Ability
