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EJ624130 TM523301
Title: For the Rich It's Richer: Print Experiences and Environments Offered to Children in Very Low- and Very High-Socioeconomic Status First-Grade Classrooms.Author(s): Duke, Nell K.
Source: American Educational Research Journal, v37 n2 p441-78 Sum 2000
Publication Date: 2000
ISSN: 0002-8312
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJSEP2001
Studied differences in the print environment offered children in 20
first-grade classrooms of very low or very high socioeconomic status.
Site visits show substantial differences between the two groups, with
lower amount, type, and uses of print in the lower socioeconomic
status classrooms. Meaningful differences in literacy instruction
were found. (SLD)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading; Disadvantaged Youth; *Elementary
School Students; *Literacy Education; Low Income Groups; Primary
Education; *Socioeconomic Status; Teaching Methods; Urban Schools
Identifiers: *Print Awareness
