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Smagorinsky, Peter – Written Communication, 1987
Discusses the work of Donald Graves, who has achieved wide recognition for propounding a method of teaching writing that stresses unstructured expression of personal experiences, using a case study of 16 children as his research base. Concludes that because Graves never considers negative evidence for his hypotheses, his work constitutes reportage…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Case Studies, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Education