Handbook of Early Literacy Research, Volume 2
Edited by David K. Dickinson and Susan B. Neuman
I. Cognitive and Linguistic Building Blocks of Early Literacy Development
1. A Window of Opportunity We Must Open to All: The Case for Preschool With High-Quality Support for Language and Literacy, David K. Dickinson, Allyssa McCabe, and Marilyn J. Essex
2. The Knowledge Gap: Implications for Early Education, Susan B. Neuman
3. Vocabulary Development and Instruction: A Prerequisite for School Learning, Andrew Biemiller
4. Literacy Development: Insights from Research on Skilled Reading, Jane Ashby and Keith Rayner
5. Neurobiological Investigations of Skilled and Impaired Reading, Kenneth R. Pugh, Rebecca Sandak, Stephen J. Frost, Dina Moore, and W. Einar Mencl
II. Phonemic Awareness and Letter Knowledge
6. Conceptualizing Phonological Processing Skills in Prereaders, Christopher J. Lonigan
7. The Development of Phonological Sensitivity, Stephen R. Burgess
8. Phonemic Awareness and Reading: Beyond the Growth of Initial Reading Accuracy, Beth M. Phillips and Joseph K. Torgesen
9. The Roots of Learning to Read and Write: Acquisition of Letters and Phonemic Awareness, Linnea C. Ehri and Theresa Roberts
III. Families and Relationships: Socioemotional and Linguistic Supports
10. The Influence of Parenting on Emerging Literacy Skills, Susan H. Landry and Karen E. Smith
11. Teacher-Child Relationships in Early Literacy, Robert C. Pianta
12. Environmental Supports for Language Acquisition, Erika Hoff
13. The Misunderstood Giant: On the Predictive Role of Early Vocabulary to Future Reading, Monique Sénéchal, Gene Ouellette, and Donna Rodney
IV. Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
14. Effective Interventions for English Language Learners (Spanish-English) at Risk for Reading Difficulties, Sharon Vaughn, Sylvia Linan-Thompson, Sharolyn Pollard-Durodola, Patricia G. Mathes, and Elsa Cárdenas Hagan
15. Recent Research on the Language and Literacy Skills of African American Students in the Early Years, Holly K. Craig and Julie A. Washington
16. Cultural Diversity in Early Literacy: Findings in Dutch Studies, Paul P. M. Leseman and Cathy van Tuijl
17. Considering Culture in Research-Based Interventions to Support Early Literacy, Stuart McNaughton
V. Supporting Literacy in Preschool Classrooms
18. Vygotskian Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Early Literacy, Elena Bodrova and Deborah J. Leong
19. Preschool Classroom Environments and the Quantity and Quality of Children's Literacy and Language Behaviors, Dale C. Farran, Canan Aydogan, Shin Ji Kang, and Mark W. Lipsey
20. The Relationships between Sociodramatic Play and Literacy Development, Lesley Mandel Morrow and Judith A. Schickedanz
21. Encouraging Young Children's Language Interactions with Stories, Margaret G. McKeown and Isabel L. Beck
22. Early Literacy Policy and Pedagogy, Kathleen Roskos and Carol Vukelich
VI. Programmatic Interventions During the Preschool Years
23. Reading Ahead: Effective Interventions for Young Children's Early Literacy Development, Pia Rebello Britto, Allison S. Fuligni, and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
24. A Pediatric Approach to Early Literacy, Robert Needlman, Perri Klass, and Barry Zuckerman
25. Emergent Literacy of Low-Income Children in Head Start: Relationships with Child and Family Characteristics, Program Factors, and Classroom Quality, Nicholas Zill and Gary Resnick
VII. Toward Effective Primary Grade Instruction
26. The Transition to School, Frederick J. Morrison, Carol McDonald Connor, and Heather J. Bachman
27. Perspectives on the Difficulty of Beginning Reading Texts, Elfrieda H. Hiebert and Heidi Anne E. Mesmer
28. The Impact of Early School Experiences on Initial Reading, Connie Juel
29. Policy Decisions in Early Literacy Assessment, Terry Salinger
30. Early Education Interventions: Principles of Effective and Sustained Benefits from Targeted Early Education Programs, Sharon Landesman Ramey and Craig T. Ramey