EJ569165 PS528119
Title:
Child Development and Emergent Literacy.
Author(s):: Whitehurst, Grover J.; Lonigan, Christopher J.
Source: Child Development, v69 n3 p848-72 Jun 1998
Publication Date: 1998
ISSN: 0009-3920
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Opinion papers (120)
Journal Announcement: CIJMAR1999
Offers a typology
of emergent literacy skills, reviews research relating emergent
literacy to reading, and reviews evidence linking emergent literacy
environments and development of emergent literacy skills. Proposes
that emergent literacy consists of inside-out skills and outside-in
skills that are influential at different times during reading acquisition.
Discusses interventions to improve reading achievement, future research
directions, and policy implications. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: *Child Development; Children; Cognitive Development;
Developmental Psychology; *Emergent Literacy; Public Policy; Reading
Ability; Reading Achievement; Reading Improvement; Reading Skills;
Research Needs
