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ERIC Number: EJ386923
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Building Communities of Readers and Writers.
Cairney, Trevor; Langbien, Susan
Reading Teacher, v42 n8 p560-67 Apr 1989
Demonstrates the complex social nature of literacy by examining research on the influence of social interactions on reading and writing development. Illustrates these findings with examples from the environment and activities of a kindergarten classroom. (MM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Emergent Literacy, Kindergarten, Primary Education, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Instruction, Social Cognition, Social Influences, Teacher Role, Teacher Student Relationship, Writing Instruction, Writing Processes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom; Information Analyses
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Collaborative Learning; Discourse; Literacy as a Social Process; Writing Development
Note: Special Issue: Empowering Both Teachers and Students.