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The psychology of literacy
Sylvia Scribner and Michael Cole
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Frontmatter
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Part I / Framing the Questions
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1 Writing and Thought (page 3)
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2 Schemes and Designs (page 16)
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3 Vai People and Their Script (page 23)
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Part II / Social Context of Literacy
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4 Doing the Work (page 37)
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5 Survey Goals and Methods (page 48)
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6 Literacy and Its Characteristics (page 62)
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7 Social Correlates of Literacy (page 88)
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Part III / Testing Consequences: Developmental Paradigms
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8 Does Literacy Substitute for Schooling? (page 113)
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9 Literacy and Metalinguistic Knowledge (page 134)
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Part IV / Testing Consequences: Functional Paradigms
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10 Making Sense of Sound and Symbol (page 163)
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11 The Written and the Spoken Word (page 187)
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12 Communication: Making Meaning Clear (page 200)
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13 Studies of Memory (page 221)
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14 The Practice of Literacy (page 234)
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Appendixes
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Appendix to Chapter 3: History of the Vai Script (page 263)
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Appendix to Chapter 5: Reading Tests and Questionnaires (page 271)
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Appendix to Chapter 6: A Technical Note on Literacy Estimates (page 287)
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Appendix to Chapter 7: Demographic Characteristics and Factor Analysis Procedures (page 290)
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Appendix to Chapter 8: Further Information about the Survey Tasks (page 298)
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Appendix to Chapter 9: Forced-Choice Longest-Word Study (page 309)
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Notes (page 313)
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Bibliography (page 321)
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Index (page 331)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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CCC | 33.3 (Oct. 1982): 332-333 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/357503 |
LS | 12.3 (Sep. 1983): 394-397 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/4167438 |
AE | 10.2 (May 1983): 368-371 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/643919 |
SC | 215.4539 (Mar. 1982): 1494-1495 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1688145 |
LAN | 59.4 (Dec. 1983): 893-901 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/413377 |
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Published: 1981
Publisher: Harvard University Press
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