What Is Meant by Literacy? [and]"Fifteen Minutes a Day"--A Method of Improving Reading Skills.

Linnakyla, Pirjo; Gronholm, Maj-Britt

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ERIC Number: EJ417670

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Publication Date: 1990

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What Is Meant by Literacy? [and]"Fifteen Minutes a Day"--A Method of Improving Reading Skills.

Linnakyla, Pirjo; Gronholm, Maj-Britt

Life and Education in Finland, v1 n1 p40-46 1990

Linnakyla examines definitions of literacy as an object of individual and social development and compares concepts of knowledge and literacy. Gronholm advocates the effectiveness of parents reading aloud to their children for 15 minutes per day in the improvement of children's reading skills. (SK)

Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Definitions, Foreign Countries, Individual Development, Literacy, Parents as Teachers, Reading Aloud to Others, Reading Improvement, Social Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Finland

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