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Quick, Joanne – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2023
Theory is an important element of literacy research. Research designs are informed by theories that explain what literacy is, how it develops, and how it should be taught and evaluated. Sociocultural theories emphasize the socially situated nature of literacies engagement and practices, whereas cognitive theories emphasize the underlying skills…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Projects, Literacy Education, Barriers
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Cooper, Linda Z. – Library Quarterly, 2004
This article describes several sessions of a larger case study that examined cognitive categories for library information in a group of children in kindergarten through grade 4. While the initial motivation for the project was pragmatic in nature, theoretical issues relating to people's cognitive categories for information are examined as well.…
Descriptors: Libraries, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Information Science Education