Fingerpoint-Reading of Memorized Text: What Enables Beginners to Process the Print?.

Ehri, Linnea C.; Sweet, Jennifer

Notes FAQ Contact Us

Back to results

Peer reviewed

ERIC Number: EJ435545

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

Pages: N/A

Abstractor: N/A

ISBN: N/A

ISSN: ISSN-0034-0553

EISSN: N/A

Available Date: N/A

Fingerpoint-Reading of Memorized Text: What Enables Beginners to Process the Print?

Ehri, Linnea C.; Sweet, Jennifer

Reading Research Quarterly, v26 n4 p442-62 1991

Investigates the kind of print-related knowledge that emergent readers must possess to learn to point to the words of a text as they recite it from memory (fingerpoint-reading) and to remember information about the print from this activity. Reveals that different types of print knowledge facilitate different aspects of fingerpoint-reading. (SR)

Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Emergent Literacy, Preschool Education, Reading Processes, Reading Research, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

Education Level: N/A

Audience: N/A

Language: English

Sponsor: N/A

Authoring Institution: N/A

Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A

Author Affiliations: N/A