Summary Of Annotated Bibliography

The purpose of my annotated bibliography is to help you understand the research behind my research paper. This annotated bibliography focuses on how exposure to reading and writing skills early play a role in the successfulness of a child’s literacy abilities. Moreover, the focus question for my paper is, does exposure to reading and writing skills before school help a child become successful in literacy. The reason I wanted to research this is because I wanted to see if exposure early to either skills will be beneficial for a child literacy. The articles in this bibliography will give you some background on the research I have done to support my research question in my paper.

Cisneros, Sandra. “Only Daughter.” Glamour, Nov. 1990, pp. 256–57.

This type of reference I am annotating is from a book called Writing about Writing, by Elizabeth Wardle and Doug Downs.

This piece is a short narrative by Sandra Cisneros. In "Only Daughter,", author Sandra Cisneros explain her struggle to get her father’s approval of her writing. This short narrative explains Cisneros life growing up with six brothers and trying to make a name of herself. She puts extensive effort at a young age t gain the essential writing skills to be successful. The results of this piece include her father finally understanding her writing. I picked this piece because it shows the ability of early exposure to writing, and how it can be beneficial for a child regardless of home life.

Mol, Suzanne E. and Adriana G. Bus. "To Read or Not to Read: A Meta-Analysis of Print Exposure from Infancy to Early Adulthood." Psychological Bulletin, vol. 137, no. 2, Mar. 2011, pp. 267-296. EBSCOhost,

doi:10.1037/a0021890.
This type of reference I found on EBSCO Host on the UCF library’s website. This study was peer-reviewed as well. I used this piece to help me support how exposure to literacy skills help children be successful in literacy. This research study examined whether the association between print exposure early and components of reading early grows stronger across development. The result further indicates children who are more proficient in comprehension and technical reading and spelling skills read more sufficiently; because of more print exposure early on, their comprehension and technical reading and spelling skills improved more with each year of education. I also chose this piece to support the claim that exposure to these literacy skills early help with a child’s literacy abilities.
Norwalk, Kate E., et al. "Examining Early Literacy Skill Differences among Children in Head Start via Latent Profile Analysis." School Psychology Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 3, Sept. 2012, pp. 170-183. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1037/spq0000003
This type of reference I found on EBSCO Host on the UCF library’s website. This study was peer-reviewed as well I used this piece to help me support how exposure to literacy skills help children be successful in literacy. The purpose of the study was to determine whether or not there are systematic differences literacy skills among children from less-advantaged households, using latent profile analysis. The result indicate that children whom were from less-advantage homes, and were not exposed to literacy skills scored lower than those whom were in Head Start. Head Start provided early literacy skills to children. Once again, I chose this study because it shows factual evidence of the successfulness of exposure to literacy skills early.
Schmitt, Kelly L., et al. "Learning through Play: The Impact of Web-Based Games on Early Literacy Development." Computers in Human Behavior, vol. 81, Apr. 2018, pp. 378-389. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1016/j.chb.2017.12.036.
This type of reference I found on EBSCO Host on the UCF library’s website. This study was peer-reviewed as well. I used this piece to help me support how exposure to literacy skills help children be successful in literacy. I looked at this study because it provides some key elements on how early literacy skills are exposed to children. The study also helps to explain if these components are beneficial for a child to be successful. Moreover, the study was to used determine if literacy games on an educational website could effectively promote early literacy. The result indicated that children in the web-based literacy programs were more successful, than those whom were not. I chose this piece to help understand the programs utilized in early literacy exposure, and whether they work or not.
X, Malcolm. “Learning to Read.” 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology. Ed. Samuel Cohen. New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2011. 257-266. Print.
This type of reference I am annotating is from a book called Writing about Writing, by Elizabeth Wardle and Doug Downs. This piece is an excerpt from an autobiography of Malcolm X. In "Learning to Read,", author Malcolm X explain his illiteracy while imprisoned for battling a white man. Malcolm in his conversations with other prisoners realized he was not as articulate with the hustlers in prison as he was in the street. This than helped him start learning the ways of of reading in which was not known to him. I picked this piece because it shows that the skills were not prominent to Malcolm at a young age, so I wanted to show the opposite effects of late exposure to skills.
Bayless, Sara Douglass, et al. "Effects of an Afterschool Early Literacy Intervention on the Reading Skills of Children in Public Housing Communities." Child & Youth Care Forum, 06 Feb. 2018. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1007/s10566-018-9442-5.
This type of reference I found on EBSCO Host on the UCF library’s website. This study was peer-reviewed as well. I used this piece to help me support how exposure to literacy skills help children be successful in literacy. I examined this article because it relates to how early early exposure can be beneficial for a child early on. Although not based on a time-frame before schooling. I wanted to look into if early intervention for further literacy skills can be increased if early invention was not possible. The study examined the effects of literacy training on the reading skills of kindergarten to third grade students who were enrolled in a community-based ASP in four public housing neighborhoods. Results have indicated that that the training did provide beneficial for children of high-risk. I chose this article because it shows prior to full literacy skill obtainment, exposure to children whom were not able to gain the skills early, can be successful in literacy.