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Newman, Judith M. – Language Arts, 1984
Describes one child's experiences with learning to compose at the computer to illustrate how children have no preconceived expectations and are content to learn the computer's functions as the need arises. Advocates a classroom environment in which children are free to explore the computer's potential at their own pace. (HTH)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Church, Susan M. – Language Arts, 1985
Describes the positive effects of peer interaction during the writing process. Illustrates by describing integration of this method in a seventh-grade classroom and how it improved the students' writing quality and attitudes. (HTH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 7, Peer Evaluation, Student Attitudes
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Mayher, John S.; Brause, Rita S. – Language Arts, 1984
Examines the distinct and sequential aspects of revision in the writing of first graders, as determined through a teacher's classroom research. Lists factors to consider when adjusting teaching styles to children's early writing processes. (HTH)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Educational Assessment, Grade 1, Primary Education
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Dyson, Anne Haas – Language Arts, 1983
Examines the connections between children's writing and their earlier developed form of graphic symbolism--drawing--and explores research on early writing development. Considers the range of contexts for drawing and writing presented in the classroom. (HTH)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages, Elementary Education
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Mikkelsen, Nina – Language Arts, 1987
Records the progress of an educationally disadvantaged immigrant child in a literacy workshop for fifth graders, including the teacher's observations of what the child read and wrote. Claims that writing requires more attention in the classroom to help children develop a coherent mental picture of themselves and their place in the world. (JD)
Descriptors: Child Language, Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes, Educational Research
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Bruce, Bertram; And Others – Language Arts, 1985
Observes that changes in the pattern of social interactions in classrooms as a result of computers may be even more significant than any simple technological effect. Illustrates the point with an example of sixth-grade writing on the QUILL software system, and the student's increased peer interaction and audience awareness. (HTH)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Grade 6, Interaction
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Blake, Brett Elizabeth – Language Arts, 1995
States the importance of content in the process writing classroom. Demonstrates with "cultural texts" (texts about the daily realities of the students on topics of domesticity and family, violence, evolving sexuality, and future aspirations) that not only how children write, but also what they write about, is of critical importance in helping them…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Process Approach (Writing), Student Attitudes, Student Writing Models
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Keffer, Ann; And Others – Language Arts, 1996
Describes the year-long first phase of a research project by a group of teachers who made their own writing an object of inquiry to gain experience in reading and writing workshops. Describes how the experience helped them see the power of writing for themselves, and led to a better understanding of how to teach writing in their classrooms. (SR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Inquiry, Instructional Improvement
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Mayher, John S.; Lester, Nancy B. – Language Arts, 1983
Critiques what learning appears to mean in the typical American school setting and suggests a more appropriate construct of learning. Explains how this construct will enable a clearer vision of how writing fits as a means of enhancing learning. (HTH)
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Education, Learning Processes
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Nikola-Lisa, W. – Language Arts, 1997
Explores (from the point of view of the writer, a children's author) one aspect of learning about language that is present in the picture books he writes: the relation between sound and sense. (SR)
Descriptors: Authors, Child Language, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education