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Download full textCicalese, Carla – 2003
The research exploring children's perspectives on interactive writing versus independent writing was examined. Studies were analyzed to determine the perspectives of students toward writing when they experienced an interactive writing event and when they did not share this experience. Since interactive writing is a collaborative group writing…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Classroom Environment, Collaborative Writing, Instructional Effectiveness
Gill, Dale A. – 1997
A study investigated whether invented spelling is superior to the traditional method of teaching spelling and whether invented spelling strengthened the reading and writing connection. Subjects were students in two second-grade classes at two different elementary schools in a school district in south-central Pennsylvania. Both teachers used the…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Comparative Analysis, Grade 2, Instructional Effectiveness
Meehan, Ellen – 1998
This study investigated parents' knowledge of their child's emergent literacy development by administering parent questionnaires that examined parents' beliefs of literacy learning and the early writing and reading experiences of preschool children in their home. A total of 115 questionnaires were administered to parents with children enrolled in…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Writing, Developmental Stages, Emergent Literacy
Jackowski-Bartol, Tiffany R. – 2001
This study investigated the impact of word processing on middle school students. The study involved a high, middle, and low academic ability student, each spending an average of 114 minutes on the computer per week over four months. Data collection consisted of questionnaires, interviews, observations, and students' work. Each student answered…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Middle Schools
Lichtenstein, Nora – 1996
A study investigated the effect of word processing on the quality of children's writing. Subjects were 32 fifth-graders in a public school in the suburban town of Livingston, New Jersey. One sample had access to computers in their classroom everyday for writing. The other sample group used computers once a week in the lab; their daily writing…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
Richardson, Suzanne; Ruane, Dana – 1996
A project developed a program for improving writing readiness skills. The targeted population consisted of 37 kindergarten students in an upper middle class southwest Chicago (Illinois) suburb. The need for writing readiness skills was documented through writing observation checklists, anecdotal records, writing portfolios, and diagnostic tests.…
Descriptors: Action Research, Childrens Writing, Instructional Improvement, Invented Spelling
