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Peer reviewedGuthrie, John T. – Reading Teacher, 1984
Reports on the work being done by Martha King with the writing of primary grade children. (FL)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition)
Peer reviewedEdelsky, Carole – Research in the Teaching of English, 1983
Nine first-grade, nine second-grade, and eight third-grade children of migrant farm workers provided the data for a descriptive study of writing development in a bilingual program. (FL)
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Child Development, Child Language, Developmental Stages
Peer reviewedSusi, Geraldine Lee – Reading Teacher, 1986
Sets forth educational inferences drawn from a classroom incident involving a first-grade child and her first story writing experience. (FL)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Grade 1
Download full textKlein, Marvin L. – 1982
Writing development in preschool children has only recently begun to receive attention; however, Russian researchers dealt with the subject in the 1920s and 30s. Arguing that writing was a fundamental assist to cognitive growth as well as a tool for communication, Lev Vygotsky believed that the preschool child was ready to be taught writing.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education
Rowe, Deborah Wells – 1987
A study examined how children's understanding and use of written language and graphic/constructive art are embedded in the social world of their classrooms and how they explore the potential of communication systems (specifically, what socio-psychological strategies they use). Subjects were 21 3- and 4-year-old children of faculty and staff at a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Child Development, Child Language, Childrens Art
King, Martha L.; Rentel, Victor M. – 1982
Presenting a longitudinal study of factors influencing the text-forming strategies children employ in early stages of writing development, this report focuses on the differences between children's oral and written texts and the development of writing ability. The first two chapters present cohesion results, with the first chapter providing…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Cohesion (Written Composition), Developmental Stages
Bouchard, Kathy A. – 1983
A study investigated the writing processes of four fourth grade students--two girls and two boys--as they participated in an 18-session writing workshop. The sessions were held three times a week for 6 weeks, each lasting 45-minutes. Data were collected through (1) observations of the children as they interacted and composed, revised, edited,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Child Language, Childhood Attitudes
Peer reviewedBaghban, Marcia – Reading Horizons, 1986
Summarizes and updates original study done on reading and writing development of a preschool child. (SRT)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Beginning Reading, Child Development, Child Language
Farr, Marcia – 1984
Noting the close relationship among reading, writing, and oral language documented by research, this paper considers studies of early writing development in the context of emergent literacy rather than in the context of work on writing processes and their development. Following a brief review of early studies of emergent literacy that includes…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Children, Emergent Literacy
Froese, Victor – 1983
A study examined the transition from dependent writing (dictation) to independent writing for 40 first grade students. Specifically, the study investigated (1) how, in terms of common quantitative language units (mean words per t-unit, mean number of dependent clauses, words per maze, mean number of dependent clauses per t-unit, and length in…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Dictation, Discourse Analysis
Dyson, Anne Haas – 1987
Focusing on children's developmental use of written language in kindergarten and first grade, this report looks at connections between the social and academic dimensions of classroom life. The first section examines literacy as an aspect of growing up and becoming a member of society. By highlighting the social and academic divisiveness schooling…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Child Language, Classroom Environment
Lundsteen, Sara W. – 1986
Stressing the importance of understanding child development, this paper first describes the writing of several children in a kindergarten class who represent various levels of emerging literacy. Based on the descriptions of classroom activities, the paper argues that with a developmental perspective the teacher can build instruction on what the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Developmental Stages, Early Reading
