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EJ624631 CS760752
Title: Beyond Storytime: A Sociopsychological Perspective on Young Children's Opportunities for Literacy Development during Story
Extension Time.
Author(s): Labbo, Linda D.
Source: Journal of Literacy Research, v28 n3 p405-28 Sep 1996
Publication Date: 1996
ISSN: 1086-296X
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Evaluative (142)
Journal Announcement: CIJOCT2001
Investigates young children's opportunities to socially construct literacy during "story extension time." Finds that story extension time afforded the children with occasions to accomplish key purposes of literacy development and construct concepts about literacy. Notes children took the following identifiable stances toward the tasks: deliberate observers, divergent collaborators, and focused collaborators. (RS)
Descriptors: *Classroom Techniques; Interpersonal Relationship; Kindergarten; *Literacy; Primary Education; Qualitative Research; *Story
Grammar; Student Reaction
Identifiers: *Social Constructivism

