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Non-Narrative as a Catalyst for Literacy Development

Language Arts · 1998 · 140 citations · 12 references

Concepts

EducationEarly Childhood EducationLiteracy EducationEarly LiteracyReading DevelopmentReading EducationEarly Literacy DevelopmentLiteracy DevelopmentLiteracy InstructionNarrative DevelopmentReadingWriting DevelopmentEarly Childhood Literacy DevelopmentEarly Literacy FoundationsEarly Literacy InstructionEarly Reading AcquisitionEarly Reading DevelopmentEarly Writing DevelopmentNarrative Literacy

Abstract

Presents case studies of two struggling reader/writers who found a "way in" to the world of literacy through nonnarrative texts. Argues for greater attention to nonnarrative in early literacy education.

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