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Peer reviewedKetner, Carla S.; And Others – Journal of Educational Research, 1997
Primary teachers completed the Theoretical Orientation to Reading Profile and Primary Teacher Questionnaire to determine their endorsement of developmentally appropriate practice. Results indicated a substantial congruence between the constructs underlying the notion of developmentally appropriate practice and those that are fundamental to a whole…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Development, Developmental Stages, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Fields, Marjorie V.; Spangler, Katherine L. – 1995
Combining developmentally appropriate early childhood practice with current views of emergent literacy and whole language instruction, this book is designed to help pre-service and in-service teachers incorporate new views of literacy into their classrooms. The book includes extensive examples from actual classrooms to assist readers in…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Classroom Environment, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Peer reviewedKuball, Yazmin Elizabeth – Young Children, 1995
Describes the experiences of a bilingual kindergarten teacher implementing a whole-language approach. Emphasizes the importance of integrating writing into every activity. Proposes eight developmental writing stages, suggesting that those stages could help teachers and parents to set their expectations to meet children's level of development.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Schools, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Language Enrichment, Literacy Education
Peer reviewedMcIntyre, Ellen – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1995
Examined teachers' beliefs on what constitutes developmentally appropriate literacy instruction. Three teachers were interviewed, observed during planning and instruction time, and asked to reflect on their beliefs and practicing. Through practice, they came to believe that appropriate literacy instruction involves a variety of instructional…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development
