Print Literacy Development Uniting Cognitive and Social Practice Theories

Abstract

The authors lucidly explain how we develop our abilities to read and write and offer a unified theory of literacy development that places cognitive development within a sociocultural context of literacy practices.Intro -- Contents -- 1 To Learn to Read and Write: Students Who Fail and Succeed -- 2 The LPALS Study -- 3 How Does Print Literacy Develop? -- 4 Literacy as Social Practice -- 5 Print Literacy as Cognitive Skill Development -- 6 The Seeming Incommensurability of the Social and the Cognitive -- 7 Print Literacy Development through a Widened Lens -- 8 The Course of Print Literacy Development in and out of School -- Notes -- References -- IndexThe authors lucidly explain how we develop our abilities to read and write and offer a unified theory of literacy development that places cognitive development within a sociocultural context of literacy practices.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries