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Perl, Sondra; And Others – Elementary School Journal, 1983
Describes ethnographic classroom research. Documents process approach to teaching of writing. Classroom teachers and researcher discuss (1) scheduling first-grade writing activities to improve transition from home to school, (2) using journals to encourage writing processes of second graders, (3) sharing as a motivation for writing, (4) approaches…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Ethnography
Perl, Sondra; And Others – 1985
Presented in this report are the results of a three-year case study designed (1) to document what happened in the classrooms of 10 teachers who were trained in a process approach to the teaching of writing, and (2) to provide those teachers with occasions to deepen their understanding of the process approach, by collaborating with them in the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques
Perl, Sondra – 1981
Observing writers in isolation, pulling them into research settings in neatly designed studies will reveal nothing about the circumstances that enable people to write. Context, or the setting in which writing actually takes place, may be the most enabling circumstance. Many first grade teachers believe their students cannot write or even spell.…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Creativity, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education