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• Christina Clark, Lizzie Poulton and Emily McCoy  Literacy: A route of addressing child poverty?
  This brief summary of the research literature provides the evidence base for literacy to be a priority within child poverty planning. It makes the case for a focus on home learning and parental aspirations in order to address low literacy. 11 Oct 2011
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• Christina Clark and Sarah De Zoysa  Mapping the interrelationships of reading enjoyment, attitudes, behaviour and attainment
  It is frequently said that there is a positive relationship between enjoyment, attitudes, behaviour and attainment, with pupils who enjoy reading or writing having more positive attitudes towards it, doing it more and thereby getting better at it. This pa 18 Jul 2011
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• NLT-Talk To Your Baby  Face to Face research literature review highlights
  As part of our Face to Face research project, the NLT commissioned the University of Dundee to produce this literature review of the evidence for why communicating with babies matters. 19 Oct 2010
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• NLT-Talk To Your Baby  Face to Face research management summary
  The Talk To Your Baby Face to Face research project aimed to identify key messages for parents and carers in relation to communication with babies and young children, and examine the most effective ways to promote these messages to parents and carers. 19 Oct 2010
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• Christina Clark  Why Fathers Matter to Their Children's Literacy
  This paper briefly summarises the findings from the field of father involvement that also address the issue of children’s literacy practices. 25 Jun 2009
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• Christina Clark and Caroline Phythian-Sence  Interesting Choice
  This desk research explores the importance of book choice in children's and young people's literacy lives, what choice strategies are and how book choice relates to interest and self-awareness 20 Jul 2008
• Christina Clark  Britain's Next Top Model: Role models and their impact on literacy
  Forming the basis for a subesequent survey of young people and their role models, this brief paper outlines the available research on the impact of role models on young people's literacy. 29 Apr 2008
• Christina Clark  Why Families Matter to Literacy
  A brief research overview of the literature on the importance of involving parents in their children's literacy 28 Nov 2007
• Christina Clark and Kate Rumbold  Reading for Pleasure: A research overview
  This paper explores reading for pleasure, its importance, and its impact on literacy attainment and other outcomes. It aims to further our understanding of the value of reading for pleasure and to provide information that will enable parents, teachers and 10 Nov 2006
• Viv Bird and Rodie Akerman  Every Which Way We Can: A literacy and social inclusion position paper
  This position paper is based on our findings two years into a three-year project on literacy and social inclusion. The purpose of the paper is to review the evidence gathered and to provide a resource for those concerned with issues in this field 1 Feb 2005
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