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Download full textAccomando, Kathleen; And Others – 1996
A program for improving the quality of student writing was developed. The targeted population consists of kindergarten, first- and second-grade students in an expanding middle class community, located in a suburb southwest of Chicago. The problem is documented through data collected from writing samples, anecdotal checklists, student interviews,…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Interviews, Primary Education
Nicholson, Mary-Jo S. – 1996
A study compared the progress of children encouraged to use inventive spelling with those encouraged to use traditional spelling in their creative writing. It was hypothesized that there would not be a significant difference in the writing samples produced in terms of their length or degree of elaboration. Participants were two second-grade…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Creative Writing, Invented Spelling, Primary Education
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
