Alphabetic anxiety and explicit, systematic phonics instruction: A cognitive science perspective
An examination of the role of the alphabet in children’s acquisition of early literacy skills
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Assessing the literacy for young children: The case for multiple forms of evidence
A review of the issues in assessing young children’s literacy and strategies to improve classroom based assessments
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Beginning literacy with language: Young children learning at home and in school
An edited text with multiple authors reporting on research regarding the relationship between early interactions and children's language and literacy skills, as part of the Home School Study of Language and Literacy Development
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Both sides now: An examination of the relationship between researchers and Head Start practitioners
A case study of the evolution of a collaborative relationship between an Agency that administers Head Start for 11 towns in the greater Boston area and the New England Quality Research Center presented as an examination of the relationship between research and practice
Reports & Papers
Brains, genes, and environment in reading development
A discussion of the research of genetics versus environmental influences on children's literacy
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Bringing it all together: The multiple origins, skills, and environmental supports of early literacy
A study of the origins, skills and environmental supports of early language and literacy
Reports & Papers
Building support for language and early literacy in preschool classrooms through in-service professional development: Effects of the Literacy Environment Enrichment Program (LEEP)
An evaluation of the impact of the Literacy Environment Enrichment Program (LEEP), an in-service training course for Head Start teachers, on growth in measures of classroom support for literacy among a group of program participants, as compared to a group of non-participants
Reports & Papers
The complex interplay between biology and environment: Otitis media and mediating effects on early literacy development
An examination of the influence of Otitis media with effusion (OME) on children’s early language and literacy skills, and of the interactive or independent influence of a children’s home and child care environments on early language and literacy acquisition
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The complex world of one-on-one tutoring
An examination of one-on-one reading tutorial’s influence in the literacy development of young children, with a focus on their cost-effectiveness, longevity, and diffusion of knowledge and skill, issues in implementing tutorials, and alternative delivery models within the context of home, school, and community
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The comprehensive language approach to early literacy: The interrelationships among vocabulary, phonological sensitivity, and print knowledge among preschool-aged children
An evaluation of Head Start preschool children's vocabularies, phonological sensitivities, and print knowledge to examine the relationship between oral language and developing literacy
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Conceptualizing phonological processing skills in prereaders
A review of research on the link between the acquisition of reading skills in preschool children and activities that require sensitivity to, or manipulation of, the sounds in words
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Connecting early language and literacy to later reading (dis)abilities: Evidence, theory and practice
A discussion of evidence, theory, and practice connecting early language and literacy to later reading disabilities
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Considering culture in research-based interventions to support early literacy
An exploration of the role of cultural and linguistic identity in the design of early literacy interventions for Maori and Pacific nations' children making the transition to school in New Zealand
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Cross-language transfer of phonological awareness in low-income Spanish and English bilingual preschool children
An examination of the pattern of phonological awareness development in preschool children from Spanish-speaking homes and an investigation of the extent to which phonological awareness development in one language is transferred to a second language and how it affects emergent literacy
Reports & Papers
Cultural diversity in early literacy: Findings in Dutch studies
Results of studies of early language and literacy development in 3 to 7 year old Dutch, Surinamese-Dutch, and Turkish-Dutch children, analyzing how socioeconomic, linguistic, and cultural variables affected their acquisition of reading skills
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Describing oral language opportunities and environments in Head Start and other preschool classrooms
A discussion of the influence of classroom circumstances, pedagogical orientation and activity settings on early language and literacy development
Reports & Papers
The development of phonological sensitivity
An overview of the role of preschool children’s phonological sensitivity development in subsequent reading development
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Early educational interventions: Principles of effective and sustained benefits from targeted early education programs
A summary of research findings, from the mid 1960s to date, on the effects of early educational interventions on the language and cognitive outcomes and later educational achievement of at risk preschool children
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Early intervention for African American children considered to be at risk
A description of issues related to supporting literacy development among young African American and Caucasian children with the potential risk of developmental delay
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Early Language and Literacy Classroom Observation Toolkit, Research Edition
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Early language and literacy skills in low-income African American and Hispanic children
A discussion of the influences of multiple risk and protective factors in low income African American and Hispanic children in delaying early literacy skills
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Early literacy and developmentally appropriate practice: Rethinking the paradigm
A description of interpretations of early literacy and developmentally appropriate practices
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Early literacy development: The case for ''informed assessment''
A discussion of techniques used for assessing and documenting early literacy in young children
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Early literacy policy and pedagogy
A description of the evolution of early literacy policy, legislation, and standards in the United States since the mid-1980s, with an analysis of selected research on the relationship between standards and student achievement in the classroom
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Early phonological development and the acquisition of literacy
An article proposing that phonological awareness develops, in part, because vocabulary development necessitates the ability to distinguish betweens similar-sounding words.
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