This article reviews the literature on emergent literacy in young deaf children, focusing on the nature and course of both emergent reading and emergent writing. Beginning with definitions and background information concerning emergent literacy as a field of study, it examines instructional approaches that support emergent literacy learning. The review of the literature is organized into four m...

This poster reports on a study of 18 libraries in two public library systems in central Oklahoma. The project sought to gain an in-depth understanding of how libraries are contributing to health information access and health literacy. The poster reports on preliminary results in regard to three aspects of the study: library personnel’s perspectives on the roles and responsibilities of libraries...

OBJECTIVES Previous research established that low literacy is independently associated with poorer health. Our objective was to determine whether low literacy skill also is associated with higher health care charges. METHODS We studied persons enrolled in Medicaid because of medical need/indigence by testing literacy skills in English or Spanish and measuring annual health care charges. Stati...

The effective, sustained implementation of literacy across the curriculum in secondary schools is still a relatively rare phenomenon. This is because such an approach to literacy requires secondary schools to undergo extensive and complex processes of school change, involving altering teachers’ thinking, attitudes and behaviour in relation to literacy and pedagogy, and establishing andmaintaini...

BACKGROUND Few studies have investigated how people with aphasia (PWA) experience literacy skills. Taking the insider's perspective is a way to increase understanding of the individual experiences of literacy among PWA, which may have clinical implications. AIMS To describe how literacy, i.e., reading and writing, is experienced in everyday life by PWA and to gain insight into the part played...

The aim of this study was to find valid neurocognitive precursors of literacy development in first language (L1, Norwegian) and second language (L2, English) in a group of children during their Pre-literacy, Emergent Literacy and Literacy stages, by comparing children with dyslexia and a typical group. Children who were 5 years old at project start were followed until the age of 11, when dyslex...

This paper uses data from the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) to analyze the relationship between self-reported health (SRH) and literacy and numeracy proficiency for immigrants compared to U.S.-born respondents and for Hispanic versus Asian immigrants. The research questions were: (1) Are literacy and numeracy scores associated with adults' SRH? (2) Are a...

In this paper, we summarize the necessary elements of multimedia literacy education, its key stakeholders and emphasize its role in the early years of life. We also discuss approaches, similarities, differences, advantages and issues of introducing multimedia literacy education in preschools and primary schools in different countries of the world. Finally, we present results of the empirical re...

Given the importance of focus on globalized curriculum, this study presents a review of the literature on issues related to the nature of learning contents and curriculum, especially the development of curriculum based on the research process inquirybased learning in terms of information literacy. Some hypotheses were formulated to explain the lack of studies on this topic, such as the level of...