Literacy in African American communities / edited by Joyce L. Harris, Alan G. Kamhi, Karen E. Pollock.

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Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Other Authors: Harris, Joyce L.
Kamhi, Alan G., 1950-
Pollock, Karen E.
Language:English
Published: Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum, 2000.
Subjects:
United States.
Electronic books.
African Americans > Education.
Literacy > United States.
Genre:
Electronic books.
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Physical Description:xxvii, 310 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Foreword / Shirley Brice Heath
  • Public and Personal Meanings of Literacy / Constance Dean Qualls
  • "Come Sit Down and Let Mama Read": Book Reading Interactions Between African American Mothers and Their Infants / Carol Scheffner Hammer
  • Spoken and Written Narrative Development: African American Preschoolers as Storytellers and Storymakers / David Bloome, Tempii Champion, Laurie Katz, Mary Beth Morton, Ramona Muldrow
  • Emergent Literacy: Home-School Connections / Jerrie C. Scott, Cheryl D. Marcus
  • Literacy in the African Diaspora: Black Caribbean American Communities / Sherri L. Horner
  • Reading the Typography of Text / James Hartley, Joyce L. Harris
  • The Path to Reading Success or Failure: A Choice for the New Millennium / Alan G. Kamhi, Sandra P. Laing
  • Reading Performance and Dialectal Variation / Julie A. Washington, Holly K. Craig
  • Language Variation and Literacy Acquisition in African American Students / Noma R. LeMoine
  • From the Pews to the Classrooms: Influences of the African American Church on Academic Literacy / Beverly J. Moss
  • Design and Delivery Issues for Literacy Programs Serving African American Adults / Thomas A. Crowe, Marie E. Byrne, Sue T. Hale
  • Effects of Structure Strategy Instruction on Text Recall in Older African American Adults / Bonnie J.F. Meyer, Andrew P. Talbot, Leonard W. Poon, Melissa M. Johnson
  • An Age-Related View of Computer Literacy for Adult African Americans / Monica M. Huff, Wendy A. Rogers.