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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Taking Stock of Family Literacy: Some Contemporary Perspectives
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Anderson, Jim; Anderson, Ann; Friedrich, Nicola; Kim, Ji Eun – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2010
The purpose of this article is to examine developments in the area of family literacy over the last decade. Acknowledging the bifurcation that has occurred in the field of family literacy, as well as changing conceptions of literacy and of families, we review naturalistic studies of literacy embedded and enacted in communities and families across…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Literacy Education, Teaching Methods, Literature Reviews
Mother-Child Shared Reading with Print and Digital Texts
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Kim, Ji Eun; Anderson, Jim – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2008
The purpose of this study was to (1) compare mother-child interactions in three contexts: shared reading with a book in a traditional print format, with an electronic book in a CD-ROM format, and with an electronic book in a video clip format; (2) compare mother-child interactions with a three-year-old and a seven-year-old; and (3) compare…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Books, Electronic Publishing