Expanding the Vista of Emergent Writing Research: Implications for Early Childhood Educators.

Fang, Zhihui

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ERIC Number: EJ584470

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Publication Date: 1999

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Expanding the Vista of Emergent Writing Research: Implications for Early Childhood Educators.

Fang, Zhihui

Early Childhood Education Journal, v26 n3 p179-82 Spr 1999

Examines the need for a new perspective in research on young children's writing development, one which identifies writing as a language process in which children construct meaning. Presents an example of a linguistic analysis of a child's writing. Discusses the implications for early-childhood educators of a text-focused approach to studying children's writing. (KB)

Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Childrens Writing, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy, Research Needs, Semantics, Theories, Writing Instruction, Young Children

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Language: English

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