Adams 1990

Adams, Marilyn Jager. 1990.Beginning to read: Thinking and learning about print. Urbana-Champaign, IL: University of Illinois, Reading Research and Education Center. 148 pages. 0262011123. Location: Dallas SIL Library 372.4 A215. Interest level: general.

Reviews, evaluates, and integrates a vast and growing body of complex research that has implications for beginning reading. This summary contains information from the complete book and is particularly useful to

• teachers
• school administrators
• parents, and
• other members of the interested public.

Summarizes research on the following topics:

• History of the development of written language and discussion of its purposes
• Characteristics of skillful adult readers and the characteristics in young children that predict success in beginning reading
• Children's phonemic awareness
• Issues surrounding reading instruction
• Importance of striking a balance in beginning reading instruction

• Bibliography module: Adams 1990
• In overview module: Bibliography (Literacy): A
• In modular book: Bibliography (Literacy), by Doris Gallemore, Trudi C. Hunt, Jeanne Swanson, and Stephen L. Walter
• In document collection: Reference materials
• In bookshelf: Literacy

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