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ERIC Number: EJ371921
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Research Currents: Does Classroom Drama Affect the Arts of Language?
Wagner, Betty Jane
Language Arts, v65 n1 p46-55 Jan 1988
Presents an overview of research on classroom drama which shows that its use produces positive effects on children's reading, writing, and oral language. Suggests additional questions requiring exploration, and urges researchers to emphasize qualitative rather than quantitative analyses. (ARH)
Descriptors: Drama, Dramatic Play, Dramatics, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Oral Language, Reading Improvement, Research Needs, Research Problems, Writing Improvement
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Drama in Education; Heathcote (Dorothy); Piaget (Jean); Vygotsky (Lev S)
Note: Themed Issue: Drama as a Learning Medium.