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Lutz, Elaine – Language Arts, 1986
Presents research showing that spelling is a complex developmental process and that once the stages of development are identified, teachers can help students to develop strategies for learning standard English spelling, and they can assess students' progress more accurately. (SRT)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Language Acquisition, Spelling Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Smith, Frank – Language Arts, 1979
Suggests ways that speaking and listening, reading and writing can be brought together in the learner's mind. (DD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Integrated Activities, Integrated Curriculum
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Schwartz, Judy I. – Language Arts, 1979
Uses several anecdotal accounts to illustrate principles of linguistic and cognitive development, and then applies these principles to classroom strategies for teaching reading. (DD)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education, Language Acquisition
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Tompkins, Gail E. – Language Arts, 1982
Writing researchers suggest that children should write stories in order to (1) entertain, (2) foster artistic expression, (3) explore the functions and values of writing, (4) stimulate imagination, (5) clarify thinking, (6) search for identity, and (7) learn to read and write. (HTH)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Development, Creative Development, Creative Writing
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Lange, Bob – Language Arts, 1982
Offers selected ERIC references on the application of Piagetian theory and the use of Piagetian tasks in beginning reading/language arts instruction. (RL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Development, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development
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Genishi, Celia; And Others – Language Arts, 1988
Claims that although a child-oriented classroom is organized by the teacher, the curriculum is enacted by everyone, and that dialogues in which teachers and children develop together provides the core of this enactment. (MM)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Development, Computer Assisted Instruction