So, Why Aren't We Teaching These Children to Read?.

Mueser, Anne Marie

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Publication Date: 1974

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So, Why Aren't We Teaching These Children to Read?

Mueser, Anne Marie

Education for the Disadvantaged Child, 2, 1, 5-8, W 74

Summarizes two recent research studies dealing with beginning reading behaviors of low socioeconomic level kindergarten children: (1) the effects of race of story book character on story recall and identification of Black and White children; and (2) the effects of different reinforcers and operant level on reading task behavior. (JM)

Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Black Students, Characterization, Economically Disadvantaged, Inner City, Kindergarten Children, Learning Motivation, Reading Materials, Reinforcement, Story Reading

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