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Scher, Paula Januzzi – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1998
Discusses the practical implications from Lonigan and Whitehurst's study regarding strengthening the skills of teachers and parents that will subsequently improve language and emerging literacy skills in preschoolers. Maintains that one of the most important outcomes of the dialogic reading intervention is the notion that adults can learn to…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Early Intervention, Emergent Literacy, Language Skills

Coe, Gwendolyn; Shelby, Debra – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1998
Raises questions concerning the research methodology and related issues arising from Lonigan and Whitehurst's study: (1) degree of parent compliance in implementing the intervention; (2) effect of the parents' education level; (3) potential effects of other manipulations of the home environment to increase access to literacy materials; and (4)…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Early Intervention, Language Skills, Low Income Groups