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Research Currents: Talk Story and Learning to Read

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Au, Kathryn Hu-pei
Kawakami, Alice J.

April 1985

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Article
Hawaiian
Referenced by: ANKN Clearinghouse

Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12

Theme(s): Exploring Horizons

Excerpt:
"Young students of Polynesian-Hawaiian ancestry, from underprivileged backgrounds, often progress very poorly in learning to read. In our work at the Kamechameha Elementary Education Program (KEEP) in Honolulu, we set out to discover why this was so."

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