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Peer reviewedGuthrie, John T. – Reading Teacher, 1984
Discusses the interacitonal function of language. (FL)
Descriptors: Child Language, Communication Skills, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedJacobs, Suzanne E. – Written Communication, 1985
Presents a model that predicts writing growth in children as a logical outcome of language acquisition. Provides a list of the kinds of language learning underway in the elementary school years and suggests that teachers may use this list to anticipate where and how such learning will influence the writing processes of children. (FL)
Descriptors: Attention Span, Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Skills
Download full textTakala, Sauli; Vahapassi, Anneli – 1983
Twenty countries are participating in the IEA International Study of Written Composition, for which this is a background report. school-based writing in particular, this report discusses the functions of writing from the point of view of culture, cognition, and child development. It also presents a usable model for constructing and evaluating…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Context
Hittleman, Daniel R. – 1983
As human understanding is largely metaphorical, what metaphor is, how children use it, and how they can be taught to use it more effectively are important educational concerns. A direct or indirect comparison between two apparently unlike things, metaphor consists of a topic, a vehicle of comparison, and ground--or traits--linking the topic and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Context Clues
Farr, Marcia – 1983
Prepared as part of a series applying recent research in oral and written communication instruction to classroom practice, this booklet describes several classroom-based studies that have examined children's writing development and synthesizes what they have shown about the process. The first section of the booklet analyzes the term "writing…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Child Development, Child Language, Classroom Research
Beach, Richard, Ed.; Bridwell, Lillian S., Ed. – 1984
This book contains 20 articles, from a wide variety of perspectives, designed to bridge the interests of researchers and teachers on the topic of current composition research. The following articles are included: "Studying the Writing Abilities of a University Freshman Class: Strategies from a Case Study" (Charles R. Cooper, with Roger…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Jaggar, Angela, Ed.; Smith-Burke, M. Trika, Ed. – 1985
Intended for teachers and others having responsibility for shaping language policy in the schools, this collection of invited, original articles is based on the belief that a teacher's task is not to "teach" children language but, rather, to create an environment that will allow language learning to occur naturally. The book is divided into four…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Development, Child Language, Classroom Environment
