Monday, October 6, 2008

Competency 6

My Blog topic is..... How to improve the reading skills of young children while nurturing their love of reading.



I completed four out of five db searches on my topic. I selected the following searches:

Building Block
Citation Pearl Growing
Specific Facet
Successive Fraction

See my search results below:

Building Block Search using ASC:

S1: reading or read or literacy
S2: improvement or skill or motivate
S3: children or young children or young readers

Results: 41 hits.

Sound Reading and Reading Sounds: The Case for Phonemic Awareness.Preview By: Zeece, Pauline. Early Childhood Education Journal, Oct2006, Vol. 34 Issue 2, p169-175, 7p, 14 illustrations; DOI: 10.1007/s10643-006-0125-8; (AN 22931419)
STORYTELLING: ENHANCING LANGUAGE ACQUISITION IN YOUNG CHILDREN.Preview By: Speaker, Kathryne McGrath; Taylor, Deborah; Kamen, Ruth. Education, Fall2004, Vol. 125 Issue 1, p3-14, 12p, 1 chart; (AN 15068404)

Reflection: I had good results with 41 hits with my search criteria. Although I could get the number of hits down, this was a harder search for me.


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