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EJ390378 CS737906

Title: Preschoolers' Questions about Pictures, Print Conventions, and Story Text during Reading Aloud at Home.
Author(s): Yaden, David B., Jr.; And Others
Source: Reading Research Quarterly, v24 n2 p188-214 Spr 1989
Publication Date: 1989
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJOCT1989

Reports a longitudinal case study of preschoolers' unprompted questions during story reading with their parents. Reports that children ask more questions about pictures and story meaning than about word meaning and graphic forms. Concludes that home reading may affect comprehension more than print awareness. (RS/JAD)

Descriptors: Case Studies; *Early Reading; Longitudinal Studies; *Parent Student Relationship; Preschool Children; Preschool Education; *Reading Aloud to Others; Reading Comprehension; Reading Research
Identifiers: *Emergent Literacy; *Print Awareness; Question Types

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