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Alison Sparks

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Publications

5

Citations

429

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5

Active since

2010

Affiliations

Amherst College(Current)

University of Otago

Universidad de Costa Rica

Alison Sparks is an author at Amherst College specializing in education, early childhood literacy development, and early literacy development.

Publications per year

2010–2022

5

Publications

5

Maternal Elaborative Reminiscing Increases Low-Income Children's Narrative Skills Relative to Dialogic Reading

Elaine Reese, Diana Leyva, Alison Sparks et al. · Early Education and Development · 2010 · 228 citations

Education, Early Childhood Education, Literacy Education +17

From reminiscing to reading: Home contributions to children’s developing language and literacy in low-income families

Alison Sparks, Elaine Reese · First Language · 2012 · 116 citations

Education, Early Childhood Education, Literacy Education +17

The Link Between Preschoolers’ Phonological Awareness and Mothers’ Book-Reading and Reminiscing Practices in Low-Income Families

Diana Leyva, Alison Sparks, Elaine Reese · Journal of Literacy Research · 2012 · 48 citations

Education, Early Childhood Education, Human Development +17

High point narrative structure in mother-child conversations about the past and children’s emergent literacy skills in Costa Rica

Alison Sparks, Ana María Carmiol-Barboza, Marcela Ríos · Actualidades en Psicología · 2013 · 22 citations · Full text

Education, Early Childhood Education, Human Development +15

Book sharing and reminiscing: Caregivers’ conversational style and children's language and literacy development in low-income Costa Rican families

Ana M. Carmiol, Alison Sparks, L. Diego Conejo · Early Childhood Research Quarterly · 2022 · 15 citations · Full text

Education, Human Development, Literacy Education +16

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