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ERIC Number: EJ598940
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0360-9170
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What We Learned from Josh: Sorting Out Word Sorting.
Fresch, Mary Jo
Language Arts, v77 n3 p232-40 Jan 2000
Describes how a researcher and an elementary school teacher added a word sorting component to help children work through the complexities of the language as they group words into categories. Describes results as fifth graders thought aloud while they sorted words. Finds a link between children's developmental knowledge of spelling and their approach to the word-sorting task. (SR)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Grade 5, Individual Development, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Spelling, Spelling Instruction, Teacher Researchers, Teacher Student Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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