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Peer reviewedNilsen, Alleen Pace – Language Arts, 1983
Examines children's progression in the use of humor in language from taking folktales seriously, to using humor for shock, to using humor to alter social environments. (HTH)
Descriptors: Child Language, Elementary Education, Folk Culture, Humor
Peer reviewedLanguage Arts, 1985
South American educator and author Freire discusses qualities important for the teacher, his vision of education and the growth of young children, and the role of language and reading in that vision. (HTH)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedBerry, Kathleen S. – Language Arts, 1985
Presents conversations of a group of fifth graders collaborating on a social studies task to illustrate how childen use language to learn. Focuses on one student whose oral language was rapid and chaotic but who demonstrated extremely sophisticated and complex structuring of knowledge to understand a particular social studies concept. (HTH)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Elementary Education
