Preschoolers' Conceptions of Literacy as Reflected in Their Spontaneous Play [microform] / Susan B. Neuman and Kathy Roskos
- Bib ID:
- 5500036
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Neuman, Susan B
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED302844
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1988
- 21 p.
- Summary:
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A study examined two questions: What are the common functions and features of literacy as evidenced in children's spontaneous play within a preschool setting, and how frequently do they occur across different groups of preschoolers? Trained observers recorded the play behavior of each of 50 children (the average age was 4 years) during four 10-minute periods over 2 months, yielding 200 play protocols. Conent analysis of these protocols yielded five categories of literacy functions which appear to be common across different groups of preschoolers (exploratory, interactional, personal, authenticating, and transactional functions) and three broad categories of features of literacy demonstrations (awareness of text messages, awareness of symbolic representation, awareness of the conventions of print). Results indicated that preschoolers appear to use literacy in ways that are meaningful to them, and that they develop conscious knowledge about the forms and functions of written language at a very young age. Moreover, results highlighted the intimacy between form and function, with features of written language apparently layered in written language functions and appearing as the function unfolds. (Two tables of data and 2 figures are included; 26 references are attached.) (SR)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Reading Conference (38th, Tucson, AZ, November 29-December 3, 1988).
- Educational level discussed: Preschool Education.
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- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Roskos, Kathy, author
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- ERIC
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- Publication date:
- 1988
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