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Peer reviewedJuel, Connie; Biancarosa, Gina; Coker, David; Deffes, Rebecca – Educational Leadership, 2003
Work with a longitudinal low-income sample of almost 200 early readers revealed that schools that focus entirely on teaching decoding skills in the early grades neglect the essential vocabulary knowledge that students need to become competent readers. (Contains 20 references and 5 tables.) (MLF)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Language Acquisition, Language Arts, Learning Problems
