Describes the broad territory covered by researchers whose work reflects various multicultural perspectives on literacy.
From the introduction:
Writing skills of 38 fourth and fifth graders in a Spanish-English bilingual program were assessed using a picture description task administered in both Spanish and English.
Teachers attend a workshop and learn about a "research-based" practice. A consultant works with the teachers for a while to set up the program and maybe even conduct an evaluation and follow-up instruction.
Engaged reading is a merger of motivation and thoughtfulness. Engaged readers seek to understand; they enjoy learning and they believe in their reading abilities. They are mastery oriented, intrinsically motivated, and have self-efficacy.
Results of a quantitative analysis of empirical evidence related to parent-preschooler reading support the hypothesis that parent-preschooler reading is related to outcome measures such as language growth, emergent literacy, and reading achievement.