Analyzes 13 "published" stories written by young writers during 1 month in a multicultural, mixed-age primary classroom. Finds numerous stereotypical images of dominant males and passive females, but there were also disruptions of gender stereotypes. Suggests teachers need to increase their awareness of how children take up positions as gendered…

Describes an exploratory study. Suggests that planning role play for specific purposes, introducing adults as equal players with strong modelling roles, and introducing an additional teaching intervention greatly enhances children's oral and written achievements. Finds this kind of role play can be seen as a legitimate way of implementing some…

Cites and summarizes essays and research reports on second and foreign language writing and writing instruction that became available to compilers during the period from April 1, 2001 to June 30, 2001. (Author/VWL)

Explores the understandings, performances and perceptions young writers have about writing. Suggests that young writers are capable of understanding and using complex aspects of the writing process often associated with more experienced writers, and are influenced by what teachers' writing instruction emphasizes. (SG)

The effects of a secondary academic intervention, embedded in the context of a positive behavior support model, on the writing of second-grade students at risk for emotional and behavioral disorder and writing problems were examined in this study. Students were taught how to plan and draft a story using the self-regulated strategy development…

An exploration was made of the discursive conventions for inscribing a reciprocal relationship between research activities and teaching practices typical of articles published in "College Composition and Communication." The study looked at 31 essays published in the 1993 volume. Ten recurring features of the articles were identified;…

This paper shows that constructing or writing a case study is a dialogic process, one that requires the researcher to define and redefine his or her research boundaries. The paper elaborates, first, on the process of constructing a case and, second, on the particular process of constructing cases of children learning written language. It…

A study investigated teachers' attitudes regarding whether journal writing is beneficial to teachers and students. The research focused on two types of journals: literature response journals, in which students explore thoughts on and reactions to a short story, poem or novel; and dialog journals, in which two or more students and/or teachers…

Educators can help students develop enthusiastic, committed readers who are mentally sharp by developing approaches to literature teaching that are based upon informed concepts of reading and response rather than upon conventional inherited ideas of comprehension and criticism. A study of how 15-year-old students responded to a poem indicated that…

Part of an account of a community experiment in Pittsburgh trying to address the contested issue of landlords and tenants through explicitly rhetorical strategies for planning and deliberation, a study focused on conflict and how community collaboration handled difference. Four subjects, landlords and/or tenants who represented a range of…

During a year-long ethnography in a workplace setting (a non-profit job and literacy training agency), a study examined how managers learned new genres required in their jobs. There were 2 research questions: (1) what are the specific aspects of a genre to be mastered for effective written communication? and (2) what is the developmental process…

A study examined the relationship between writing activities and historical learning by elementary school students. Subjects in schools in the San Francisco Bay area were drawn from third-grade classrooms from a predominantly working class neighborhood, a mixed fourth-grade class of mostly limited-English-proficient children of immigrants from…

This bibliography presents annotations of 38 journal articles, books, encyclopedia and handbook entries, and scholarly papers that discuss the role of grammar in the writing curriculum. Entries are organized under the following headings: selected overviews and position papers; research reviews; selected experimental research; grammar instruction…

Statistics from several southern states show that African American high school students fail their regents writing exams at a considerably higher rate than do white students. A study evaluated failing regents essays written by African American high school students in several states to determine what the source of their failure was. Results showed…

A study (the first of two studies) examined the effects that training in annotation writing had on college students' comprehension and summary writing abilities as compared with students who received a more traditional type of instruction. One half of the 144 university students enrolled in a college reading and study skills course received a…