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Blake, Brett Elizabeth – 1997
The focus of this book is a study of voice through writing among poor, urban preadolescent fifth-grade girls. Voice became a central focus when the researcher, engaged in observations of peer writing conferences for students who were not native speakers, noted that the girls appeared to lose their voices as the year went on. The loss of voice was…
Descriptors: Black Students, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Ethnography
Craig, Holly K.; Washington, Julie A. – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2005
"Malik Goes to School: Examining the Language Skills of African American Students From Preschool-5th Grade" synthesizes a decade of research by the authors, Holly Craig and Julie Washington, on the oral language and literacy skills of African American children from preschool to fifth grade. Their research has characterized significant influences…
Descriptors: African American Students, Elementary School Students, Preschool Children, Black Dialects