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Peer reviewedDixon, Barbara – Reading, 1984
Relates the belief that "shared reading" using big books will provide children with a meaningful introductin to reading. (DF)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Reading, Learning Readiness, Parent Role
Peer reviewedAtkinson, Elizabeth – Reading, 1989
Presents a summary of the deliberations of a primary school teacher concerning her use of an "apprenticeship approach" to beginning reading instruction. States that it is the teacher's role to use a child's pleasure in a book as a key to the development of reading skills. (RS)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Early Reading
Peer reviewedRobson, Cliff; Whitley, Steve – Reading, 1989
Examines the influence of a regular book borrowing service designed to enable and encourage parents to read to their children. Finds no statistically significant difference between control and experimental groups on a reading test, but finds an unexpectedly high level of parental interest. (RS)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Reading, Emergent Literacy, Foreign Countries
