Another Look at Parent-Preschooler Bookreading: How Naked Is the Emperor?.

Scarborough, Hollis S.; Dobrich, Wanda

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ERIC Number: EJ491709

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Publication Date: 1994

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Another Look at Parent-Preschooler Bookreading: How Naked Is the Emperor?

Scarborough, Hollis S.; Dobrich, Wanda

Developmental Review, v14 n3 p340-47 Sep 1994

Responds to commentaries (PS522392 and PS522391) on the Scarborough and Dobrich review on the efficacy of reading to preschool children in this issue (PS522390). Provides additional details regarding the computation of average effects and the comparison of effect sizes, and offers additional comments about the contribution of home literacy practices and motivational factors to the acquisition of literacy. (TJQ)

Descriptors: Early Experience, Emergent Literacy, Family Influence, Language Acquisition, Language Skills, Literacy, Parents as Teachers, Prereading Experience, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Reading Ability, Reading Aloud to Others

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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