Children's Genre Knowledge: An Examination of K-5 Students' Performance on Multiple Tasks Providing Differing Levels of Scaffolding.

Donovan, Carol A.; Smolkin, Laura B.

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Publication Date: 2002

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Children's Genre Knowledge: An Examination of K-5 Students' Performance on Multiple Tasks Providing Differing Levels of Scaffolding.

Donovan, Carol A.; Smolkin, Laura B.

Reading Research Quarterly, v37 n4 p428-65 Oct-Dec 2002

Takes a critical look at the issue of scaffolding in children's writing, beginning with a consideration of the ways in which children's productions of text have been supported in previous research on writing development. Suggests that while scaffolding can assist children it may also, at times, hinder children in demonstrating their full range of genre knowledge. (SG)

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Student Attitudes, Writing Instruction, Writing Research

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Language: English

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