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Girolametto, Luigi; Weitzman, Elaine; Greenberg, Janice – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2012
Purpose: This study examined the efficacy of a professional development program for early childhood educators that facilitated emergent literacy skills in preschoolers. The program, led by a speech-language pathologist, focused on teaching alphabet knowledge, print concepts, sound awareness, and decontextualized oral language within naturally…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Oral Language, Speech Language Pathology, Emergent Literacy
Burrows, Alvina Treut; And Others – 1984
Based on the authors' classroom work and observations since the 1930s, this book is intended to help teach children to write correctly and, at the same time, help them learn to enjoy writing so much that they will want to continue writing throughout their lives. The book offers classroom teachers, school library media specialists, curriculum…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
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Fitzgerald, Jill; Stamm, Carol – Written Communication, 1990
Investigates teacher-student conferences' influence on first graders' revision activity and knowledge about revision. Finds the most positive effects occurred for students who began with the least amount of knowledge about revision, who previously were doing the least amount of revision, and who were writing pieces judged among the lowest in…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Classroom Research, Grade 1, Primary Education
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Gee, Marion – Reading, 1989
Examines early stages in children's handwriting, emphasizing the importance of teaching correct letter formation. Recommends (1) individual initial assessment and formative assessment throughout the teaching program; (2) teaching based on individual children's errors; and (3) careful observation of individual children in the process of writing.…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy