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ERIC Number: EJ345104
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Making Connections.
Language Arts, v63 n6 p532-35 Oct 1986
Presents three teachers' anecdotes concerning relinquishing control of the learning situation to the students: seeing through a child's eyes, letting a child write longer pieces with invented spelling rather than being concerned with neatness, and letting students select and interpret poetry instead of teachers doing it for them. (HTH)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Theories, Elementary Education, Language Arts, Learning Processes, Poetry, Spelling, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Methods, Writing Readiness
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Thematic Issue: Elementary Language Arts: Historical Perspectives