ERIC Number: EJ1459319
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jan
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ISSN: ISSN-1741-4350
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Daybooks: Writers' Notebooks Reveal the Processes, Genre Choices and Reflections of Fourth-Grade Writers
Literacy, v59 n1 p83-97 2025
The purpose of the following case study was to examine the daybooks of 3 fourth-grade writers who autonomously determined the content they included across the pages of their composition books. Three themes emerged from an analysis of their daybooks: (1) Students used their daybooks to engage their "writing process"; (2) students used their daybooks to draft in a variety of "genres" and (3) students used their daybooks as a space for "reflection." This study suggests that, when provided with the proper conditions for writing, students use their daybooks in multiple ways to support them as writers.
Descriptors: Student Journals, Grade 4, Case Studies, Writing Processes, Literary Genres, Writing Instruction, Writing (Composition), Reflection, Personal Autonomy, Journal Writing
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades
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Language: English
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