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Shafer, Robert E. – 1980
Ten six- and seven-year-old British children were chosen for case study investigation of the importance of children's interactions with each other and with their teacher in launching writing through sustained speech. The school was identified by educational experts as one of the "progressive" or "informal" variety, where…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedLyle, Susan – Educational Studies, 1996
Examines the relationship between story-telling and children's construction of meaning. Includes transcripts of children's discussions of a story involving Vietnamese refugee children. Maintains that children, especially when given encouraging contexts, can construct and discover meaningful insights. Discusses the role of the teacher in this…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Childhood Interests, Childhood Needs
Download full textCutts, Warren G., Ed. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1964
This bulletin is based upon a conference on beginning reading instruction which brought together professional leaders in the field of reading and related disciplines. Their purpose was to report on research and to review a variety of practices on primary reading. Keynoting the conference, one of America's foremost reading authorities gives a…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Preschool Children, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs
