Joint Reading between Black Head Start Children and Their Mothers.

Pellegrini, A. D.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ409138

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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Joint Reading between Black Head Start Children and Their Mothers.

Pellegrini, A. D.; And Others

Child Development, v61 n2 p443-53 Apr 1990

Objectives of this study were to examine effects of text genre (narrative and expository) and format (familiar and traditional) on teaching strategies mothers used when interacting with their children during reading tasks; and the effectiveness of mothers' teaching strategies in eliciting children's participation in joint reading tasks. (PCB)

Descriptors: Black Family, Black Mothers, Child Rearing, Literary Genres, Low Income, Parent Child Relationship, Parents as Teachers, Preschool Children, Reading Aloud to Others, Teaching Methods, Text Structure

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Thematic Issue on Minority Children