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Leier, Cindy – Insights into Open Education, 1991
A ethnographic study examined the ways a young child's mind grasps the idea of the written word. The 5-year-old subject, called "Craig" in this article, had an unending thirst for print, read at the second grade level, and had fluent speech and vocabulary. Craig was followed over the previous 8-month period from the time he first gained…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Case Studies, Emergent Literacy, Ethnography
Cranston, Randy – Canadian Journal of English Language Arts, 1987
Presents a case study of one first grade student who has difficulties in reading and writing, and suggests that, even though the student is progressing slowly with the writing process approach, the method is helping and may be able to help other children like him. (JC)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Case Studies, Educational Theories