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Peer reviewedHeald-Taylor, B. Gail – Reading Teacher, 1984
Reports on a recent study of first grade writing efforts that confirms the importance of scribble in the writing process when it is an accepted language behavior in the classroom. (FL)
Descriptors: Child Language, Grade 1, Language Usage, Primary Education
Download full textGambrell, Linda B. – 1982
To test the hypothesis that induced mental imagery would facilitate the contemplation and reflection that have been suggested as being important to the writing process, a study investigated the effects of instructions to induce mental imagery upon the written language of young children. Subjects, 28 third grade children, were randomly assigned to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Grade 3, Language Usage
Fitzgerald, Jill; Teasley, Alan B. – 1983
A study investigated whether direct instruction in story constituents and their interrelationships could enhance children's organization in story writing. It was hypothesized that the special instruction could provide children with an internalized prototype story structure that could serve as a heuristic or planning device for organizing…
Descriptors: Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), Creativity, Grade 4
Bizzell, Patricia – 1984
Basic writers are defined as those whose home dialects are least like standard English. Given that all dialects of English are capable of conveying complex thought, the question facing educators is, Should students be made to learn and work in standard English, or should they be given the opportunity to express themselves in their home dialect?…
Descriptors: Bidialectalism, Civil Rights, College Students, High Risk Students
Bouchard, Kathy A. – 1983
A study investigated the writing processes of four fourth grade students--two girls and two boys--as they participated in an 18-session writing workshop. The sessions were held three times a week for 6 weeks, each lasting 45-minutes. Data were collected through (1) observations of the children as they interacted and composed, revised, edited,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Child Language, Childhood Attitudes
Farr, Marcia – 1984
Noting the close relationship among reading, writing, and oral language documented by research, this paper considers studies of early writing development in the context of emergent literacy rather than in the context of work on writing processes and their development. Following a brief review of early studies of emergent literacy that includes…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Children, Emergent Literacy
Stallard, Loretta M.; Stallard, Charles – 1980
An examination of writing readiness (the state of being ready to write with a reasonable chance of success) across grade levels has revealed some developmental stages involved in writing and has indicated the role of intention in writing. The analysis has begun at grade two, since younger children's writing is greatly affected by their…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Difficulty Level
