Evaluating the Impact of Public Library Storytime Programs Upon the Emergent Literacy of Preschoolers: A Call for Research.

Dowd, Frances Smardo

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ERIC Number: EJ558551

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Evaluating the Impact of Public Library Storytime Programs Upon the Emergent Literacy of Preschoolers: A Call for Research.

Dowd, Frances Smardo

Public Libraries, v36 n6 p346,348-51,354 Nov-Dec 1997

Describes research on the impact of preschool storytimes on emergent literacy, with the intent of guiding the implementation of such needed research. Discusses the significance of this research to public librarians and describes the methodology, consisting of two phases and a pretest and posttest, and the scoring instruments and data analysis. (AEF)

Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Data Analysis, Emergent Literacy, Evaluation Methods, Library Planning, Library Services, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Program Implementation, Public Libraries, Research Needs, Scoring, Story Telling

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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