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EJ533989 CS752605

Title: Early Literacy at Home: Children's Experiences and Parents' Perspectives (National Reading Research Center).
Author(s): Baker, Linda; And Others
Source: Reading Teacher, v50 n1 p70-72 Sep 1996
Publication Date: 1996
ISSN: 0034-0561
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJAPR1997

Finds that the home literacy environments of European American and African American families did not differ as strongly as those of middle-income and low-income families, with many low-income parents (regardless of race) placing relatively more emphasis on structured activities and on ostensible component skills in literacy. (SR)

Descriptors: Blacks; *Early Reading; *Family Environment; Higher Education; *Literacy; Primary Education; Reading Research
Identifiers: African Americans

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