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ERIC Number: EJ355011
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Parental Teaching Strategies with Preschoolers: A Comparison of Mothers and Fathers within Different Alphabet Tasks.
Worden, Patricia E.; And Others
Contemporary Educational Psychology, v12 n2 p95-109 Apr 1987
This study examined parents and preschool children interacting in two informal alphabet learning activities, using picture books and interacting with software on a personal computer. Results showed few differences in the way mothers and fathers reacted with preschoolers, but there were differences in consistency across the two settings. (LMO)
Descriptors: Alphabets, Courseware, Fathers, Microcomputers, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Role, Picture Books, Prereading Experience, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Sex Differences, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: My First Alphabet (Courseware)