The reading crisis : why poor children fall behind /
Children from low-income backgrounds often experience "fourth-year slump", despite the fact that their cognitive abilities may be consistent with the norm. This book examines the causes of this disparity and outlines an active role for the schools in remedying weaknesses in literacy develo...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
1990.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Literacy and Language among Low-Income Children
- 2 The Children, Their Schools, and Their Families
- 3 Reading Development
- 4 Writting Development
- 5 Language Development
- 6 Interrelations among Reading, Writing, and Language
- 7 Classroom Instruction and Literacy Environments
- 8 Home Influences on Literacy and Language
- 9 Influenec on the Lower and Higher Grades
- 10 Where Do We Go from Here?
- Epilogue: Persistent Questions
- Appendix A Samples of Narrative Writing Representing Average Holistic Ratings and Production: Students' HandwritingAppendix B Samples of Expository Writing Representing Average Holistic Ratings and Production: Students' Handwriting
- References
- Index