PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Popp, Helen TI - Foreword AID - 10.17763/haer.47.3.q872165602118241 DP - 1977 Sep 01 TA - Harvard Educational Review PG - xi--xii VI - 47 IP - 3 4099 - http://harvardeducationalreview.org/content/47/3/xi.short 4100 - http://harvardeducationalreview.org/content/47/3/xi.full SO - herp1977 Sep 01; 47 AB - How children acquire language and how they learn to read and write are timeless concerns. Theory related to these processes is modified by new knowledge and experiences;the focal points of interest in each process shift; and recommendations for instruction change as one theory or another gains recognition.