Explores children's acquisition of linguisitic structures and communication abilities from birth through school entry in relation to cognitive and social development.
Emphasis is placed on the connection between language developemnt and the development of literacy.
Focus on developing and improving reading comprehension of written material from various content areas. Explores the nature of the psychological processes involved in the development of literacy from the children's emergent understandings of print through skilled and strategic reading. Kennison, Elletta Arr.