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Cabell, Sonia Q.; Zucker, Tricia A.; DeCoster, Jamie; Melo, Carolina; Forston, Lindsay; Hamre, Bridget – Early Education and Development, 2019
Research Findings: This study examined the association between interactive book reading quality and prekindergarten children's gains in language and literacy skills over the course of an academic year for 96 teachers and 417 children across multiple locations in the United States. Two moderators were examined, namely, children's initial skill…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Books, Story Reading
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Altun, Dilek; Tantekin Erden, Feyza; Snow, Catherine E. – Psychology in the Schools, 2018
This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of preschoolers' home and classroom literacy environments and the relationships between receptive and expressive vocabulary, phonological awareness, and concepts about print (CAP) development. The participants were 168 parents and their children from five private preschools in a large suburban…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Family Environment, Classroom Environment
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Burris, Pamela W.; Phillips, Beth M.; Lonigan, Christopher J. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2019
This study examined variability of the home literacy environment (HLE) using multiple measures among families of low SES. The relations of the measures to each other and to children's early oral language skills and print knowledge were reported. Considerable variability of the self-reported HLE items and the Children's Title Checklist (CTC) but…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Emergent Literacy, Family Environment, Oral Language
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Umek, Ljubica Marjanovi; Fekonja, Urska; Kranjc, Simona; Musek, Petra Lesnik – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2003
Explored the impact of regular reading of selected children's books in Slovenian preschools on the development of language competencies among 4- to 6-year-olds. Found significant differences in receptive language, expressive language, and storytelling between children exposed to 2 selected books per week over 2 months and those exposed only to the…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Comparative Analysis, Experiments