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Oral Language: The Rooting System for Learning to Write.
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Dyson, Anne Haas – Language Arts, 1981
Explores the transition of several children from spoken language to beginning writing. (HTH)
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Child Language, Kindergarten Children, Language Skills
They All Want to Write: Written English in the Elementary School. Fourth Edition.
Burrows, Alvina Treut; And Others – 1984
Based on the authors' classroom work and observations since the 1930s, this book is intended to help teach children to write correctly and, at the same time, help them learn to enjoy writing so much that they will want to continue writing throughout their lives. The book offers classroom teachers, school library media specialists, curriculum…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
Donald Graves in Australia--"Children Want to Write ..."
Walshe, R. D., Ed. – 1983
The articles in this collection are intended to present a detailed picture of the work of Donald Graves and his associates at the Writing Process Laboratory (WPL) of the University of New Hampshire. The introduction provides an overview of the work of Graves and examines his views of beginning writing, writing conferences, revision, audience, and…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education
A Comparison of Writing Instruction Using Word Processing, Word Processing with Voice Synthesis, and No Word Processing in Kindergarten and First Grade.
Kurth, Ruth J.; Kurth, Lila M. – 1987
A study was conducted in which word processing and voice synthesis were used to teach beginning writing skills to kindergarten and first grade students. Subjects, 46 children from two elementary schools enrolled in an early education summer school class in writing, were randomly divided into three groups. One group was taught writing using a…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperation
Emergent Writing Behaviour of Young Children: Taking the Task of Writing to Task.
Coe, David E. – 1987
A study investigated the writing behavior of young children in a home setting by collecting and analyzing writing samples of three children--Avaleigh, Adam, and Heather (aged four, five, and six years)--and interviewing them about the features, content, reasons, form, and other details of writing done at home. Parents kept a journal detailing…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Cognitive Development, Emergent Literacy, Family Environment
Beginning Writing in Italy.
Tutolo, Daniel – 1984
Based on observations of three first grade classrooms in Milan, Italy, this paper provides information about beginning writing instruction in Italy and offers suggestions for adapting some of the more successful techniques found there into writing programs in the United States. The various sections of the paper contain the following: (1)…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Child Development, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research
Foundations of Writing. The Report of a Project on the Teaching of Writing at the Early Stages.
Scottish Curriculum Development Service, Edinburgh. – 1986
Having implications for teachers and students at all stages of primary school, this project report delineates an alternative and more effective approach to the teaching of beginning writing. The report points out that the project, while producing a body of classroom-tested material, focused on awareness about written language and how children…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
Understanding the How's and Why's of Writing: The Development of Children's Concepts of Writing in Primary Classrooms. Volume 2: The Second Grade Data.
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Dyson, Anne Haas – 1984
Using data collected from kindergarten and second grade children in a study of young children's concepts about writing as reflected in their school writing behaviors, this report focuses on information gathered from second grade children. The introductory chapter restates the research questions guiding the study and briefly reviews the major…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Behavior Patterns, Case Studies, Classroom Environment
Understanding Writing: Ways of Observing, Learning, and Teaching. K-8. Second Edition.
Newkirk, Thomas, Ed.; Atwell, Nancie, Ed. – 1988
Written by teachers of elementary school students, the 30 articles in this collection are designed to provide insights into the way children learn to write and to encourage teachers to examine their own theories and perceptions of writing and writing instruction. The articles are grouped in six sections, covering beginning writing, collaborative…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Reading Comprehension