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Emergent Literacy - Divergent Perspectives
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Writing Your Paper
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Go to the Education database subject guide.
Early
Literacy (From the National Early Childhood TA Center) – This
is a link-based site that extensively covers early literacy, readiness,
and special needs. In particular, there is a link to ERIC Digests
on the Emergent Literacy and other Emergent Skills.
Emergent
Literacy, North Central Regional Education Laboratory – This
site is a good starting point for understanding the concept. The
R-References link is extensive and worth a long look!
Emergent
Literacy, Pearson Education – This is a list of book
resources targeted to emergent literacy.
Emergent
Literacy: Synthesis of the Research (Prepared for the
National Center to Improve Tools of Educators) – This extensive
paper by Barbara K. Gunn, et. al. covers everything from methodology
to areas of literacy knowledge to areas of literacy experiences
to an extensive summary and references. It is truly an in-depth
study and worthy of review.
Emergent
Literacy: Writing (From the Urbana Free Library) – a
short list of resources both written and web-linked for the writing-based
literacy. The Urbana Free Library has some additional resources
on emergent literacy.
Research
References for Emergent Literacy / Beginning Reading (From Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997) – A long list of references,
mostly older, to be used for study and research.
A Comprehensive
Emergent Literacy Program for Inner-City Latino Preschools: Perspectives
and Practices [.pdf] (Danny Brassell, California
State University – Dominguez Hills, NABE Journal of Research
and Practice 2:1 WIN 2004) – This study’s primary purpose
was “to examine effects of different emergent literacy interventions” on
a “rapidly growing” latino preschool population. There
is an extensive reference list. Another article, Early Literacy for Inner-Ciry Cihildren: The Effects of Reading and Writing Interventions in English and Spanish During Preschool Years is also worth reading.
Early
Literacy (From the National Early Childhood TA Center) – This
is a link-based site that extensively covers early literacy, readiness,
and special needs. In particular, there is a link to ERIC Digests
on the Emergent Literacy and other Emergent Skills.
Emergent
Literacy: A New Perspective (From J.M. Stratton) – “This
article presents a literature-based overview of emergent literacy
and explores the fit between emergent literacy and the learning
needs of children who are blind or visually impaired.”
Emergent
Literacy for Deaf/Hard of Hearing Infants/Toddlers By Kelly Luke (From the North Dakota School for the Deaf) – The
basic format for this discussion is question-based. Click on a
question to link to resources, insights, and bibliographies.
Fostering
Emergent Literacy for Children Who Require AAC (From
the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association; paper by Janice
C. Light/ Jennifer Kent-Walsh at The Pennsylvania State University)
- This is the first in a three-part series on AAC [augmentative
and alternative communication] and literacy.
eclipse,
Mother Goose: A Scholarly Exploration (From the School
of Communication, Information and Library Studies, Rutgers University) – an
in-depth study of the use of Mother Goose stories in emergent literacy.
Of particular importance are a web connection link, further reading
link, and a bibliography.
PT, ProTeacher Community (From Pro Teacher) – This is actually
a discussion board for professionals, elementary level, interested
in exchanging ideas and contributing answers to questions. Read
about its guidelines before starting out.
Writing Your Paper
Use the Researching, Evaluating, Citing(APA), Writing, and Check Form links located under the Subject Guides link on the left. There you will find:
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Notes and tips on researching
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Guides to evaluating Internet websites as well as articles
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Tips for content, structure and grammar
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A number of citing links in various formats with plenty of examples. (Note: If you do not cite the research/articles you used to write your paper, you will be plagiarizing.)
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A checklist link for questions to ask yourself concerning the structure and content of your paper after you have finished writing it. Remember to also make use of the Writing Center located in the R building, in the Academic Support Center.
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