Literacy concept has changed and become different as a result of researches carried out in the field of educational sciences, and social and technological developments in the world. Particularly after the 1990s, literacy concept included not a single fact, but multiple facts. The word literacy has started being used along with different…

Analyzes parents' and teachers' priorities in selecting goals or skills relevant to kindergarten education. (RB)

Indicates that i.t.a. can be an effective tool in teaching bilingual Mexican-American children to read. (RB)

Examines the effects of class size, physical space, and activity centers on a variety of child and teacher behaviors in preschool classrooms. (RB)

Indicates that the auditory modality was superior to the visual/written modality in learning and retention. (RB)

Suggests that dropout and illiteracy problems may be based on a refusal to consider the role of language and culture in the learning process and too much emphasis on white middle-class children as models of success. (RB)

Research indicates that kindergarten children are in the awareness stage of career development, although limited in their perceptual views of careers, and that they do not select occupations similar to the occupations of their parents. (RB)

Results were analyzed to see if a significant correlation might exist between the results of the cloze procedure and other readability formulas that would permit substituting one for the other in describing the readability level of selected non-text materials. (RB)

Reviews the literature on bibliotherapy in terms of its history, research findings, and limits. (RB)

Concludes that involvement in a supervised teacher-learner context is essential in creating a meaningful learning environment for undergraduate students in reading. (RB)

Concludes that character development and values must be revealed in behavioral changes through learning which is the result of a change in the perceptual field of the individual and that this result can be achieved through literature. (RB)

Shows that a perceptual-motor curriculum in body image and in space and directionality produces significant effects for kindergarteners identified as potentially perceptual-motor disabled. (RL)

Results of a study of the effects of special class placement on the academic achievement and behavior of children with perceptual, neurological, and emotional handicaps indicated significant improvement in math achievement (not in reading) and in verbal aggression. (JM)

Discusses research on direct vocabulary instruction. Suggests that instructional practices can be affected by the educator's philosophy toward teaching vocabulary, by the amount of practice afforded for building associations between words and meanings, and by the information provided for promoting "fuller" understanding of word meaning.…