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Brady, Susan; Moats, Louisa – 1997
This position paper discusses the magnitude of literacy problems in the United States, reviews the need for changes in teacher preparation, and provides recommendations for action. The first section of the paper addresses sources of difficulty for children who struggle with learning to read, including phoneme awareness, single word decoding, and…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Emergent Literacy, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities
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Marshall, Carol Sue; Davis, Ruth A. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 1999
Describes a course that linked first-grade students using emergent writing skills with university early-childhood majors studying the process of emergent literacy, and, in so doing provided an authentic and meaningful learning context for both groups. Suggests that the pen-pal project demonstrates the value of interactive writing exchanges.…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Writing, Early Reading, Elementary School Students