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| June 22, 2005 | Brassell, Danny | COPYRIGHT 2005 Rapid Intellect Group, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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The present study examined how classroom libraries affected 138 low-SES Latino kindergartners' early reading conceptualizations at an elementary school in Los Angeles. Results indicated that while students in both the control and experimental groups significantly improved from pretest to posttest, students who had larger classroom library collections scored significantly better than their peers. Evaluations conducted in Spanish and English provide insight into how second-language learners can improve their early conceptualizations of reading with increased access to reading materials, especially in their primary language.

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