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ERIC Number: EJ463407
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
Access to Print for Children of Poverty: Differential Effects of Adult Mediation and Literacy-Enriched Play Settings on Environmental and Functional Print Tasks.
Neuman, Susan B.; Roskos, Kathy
American Educational Research Journal, v30 n1 p95-122 Spr 1993
Effects of adult mediation and literacy-enriched play settings in Head Start classrooms on environmental and functional print tasks were studied for 177 minority preschoolers in poverty. Results indicate that the active engagement of adult mediators in literacy-enriched office play settings influenced children's ability to read environmental print. (SLD)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adults, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Environment, Environmental Influences, Functional Literacy, Minority Group Children, Parent Participation, Play, Poverty, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Reading Materials
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Mediation; Project Head Start