United States: A Language And Literacy Program For Indigenous Kindergartners: Preliminary Findings

United States: A Language And Literacy Program For Indigenous Kindergartners: Preliminary Findings Diane Frome Loeb, Katherine Redbird, and Grace E. McConnell, 2011   Nine Indigenous kindergarteners displayed gains in targeted expressive vocabulary, narrative comprehension, alphabet identification, phonological awareness, and comprehension of passage reading following a 6-week shared reading program using storybooks about Indigenous children and their adventures. Cultural values and beliefs...

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