Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 0 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 5 |
Descriptor
Source
| Online Submission | 4 |
| Horn Book Magazine | 2 |
| Review of Educational Research | 1 |
| US Agency for International… | 1 |
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
| Early Childhood Education | 4 |
| Kindergarten | 3 |
| Adult Education | 1 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
| Grade 1 | 1 |
| High Schools | 1 |
| Higher Education | 1 |
| Preschool Education | 1 |
Audience
| Practitioners | 5 |
| Teachers | 3 |
| Researchers | 2 |
| Parents | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Peabody Picture Vocabulary… | 1 |
| Test of Nonverbal Intelligence | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textPappas, Christine C. – 1984
The concept of scaffolding can be used as a framework to argue that a "rich interpretation" in child language is needed in the area of early literacy learning. Child language is the reading-like text language of "prereading" kindergarten children. Two threads (internal and external) of the scaffolding process have been identified. The external…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Language, Early Reading, Emergent Literacy
Sloan, Glenna Davis – 1987
Memorable language that delights children, makes them laugh or gasp, or causes them to ponder and wonder is the literature that will begin the process of teaching them to read and write. Literature is meant to connect, not with reason primarily, but with readers' and listeners' imaginations and emotions, and in the case of poetry, with something…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Childhood Attitudes, Childrens Literature
Ehri, Linnea C. – 1985
Focusing on research about children's acquisition of reading and spelling skills, this paper discusses the larger picture of reading acquisition, issues addressed by research, and results of this research. The paper cites numerous studies on the subject, including studies on whether environmental print experiences enable young children to process…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Early Reading, Elementary Education
Australian Association of Early Childhood Educators, Canberra. – 1975
Papers included are: (1) Presidential Address, (2) Challenges to Early Childhood Educators, (3) The Home Start Program in the U.S.A., (4) Early Childhood Training Programs, (5) Initiatives being Taken in Early Childhood Education Field by the Australian Government, (6) Audiovisual Materials for Parents' Discussion Groups, (7) The Role of the Adult…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Audiovisual Aids, Child Development, Curriculum
Savage, K. Lynn – 1984
This paper deals with strategies for developing literacy skills in nonnative speakers of English. Discussed in the initial section of the paper are four different categories of English-as-a-second-language (ESL) adults and the basic philosophy that underlies the teaching of literacy skills to adults at all levels of literacy. The special needs of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Behavioral Objectives
Lundsteen, Sara W. – 1986
Stressing the importance of understanding child development, this paper first describes the writing of several children in a kindergarten class who represent various levels of emerging literacy. Based on the descriptions of classroom activities, the paper argues that with a developmental perspective the teacher can build instruction on what the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Developmental Stages, Early Reading
