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ERIC Number: EJ619352
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Balance in the Making: Learning To Read in an Ethnically Diverse First-Grade Classroom.
Fitzgerald, Jill; Noblit, George
Journal of Educational Psychology, v92 n1 p3-22 Mar 2000
Explores what diverse first grade children can learn about reading within a year-long balanced approach to emergent reading instruction. A research participant observer visited a classroom of 20 diverse children. Results show that the children were constructing a balanced view of reading and that a balanced program can be used successfully in a diverse first grade classroom. (Author/MKA)
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Educational Environment, Emergent Literacy, Primary Education, Reading Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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