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| Detwiler, Deana B. | 1 |
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| Scharer, Patricia L. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedScharer, Patricia L.; Detwiler, Deana B. – Language Arts, 1992
Presents a case study of a sixth grade teacher trying to increase her use of literature for language arts instruction. Shows the challenges and successes of attempting to get better at teaching. (PRA)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Research, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedBroughton, Mary A.; Fairbanks, Colleen M. – Language Arts, 2002
Describes how in the examination of a sixth-grade girl's participation in the language arts classroom that is driven by high-stakes testing and by a regimented classroom culture, the authors came to view students' approaches to literacy events as "stances" and their negotiation of their subjectivities in response to literacy events as…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Grade 6, High Stakes Tests
Peer reviewedHancock, Marjorie R. – Language Arts, 1992
Illuminates patterns in responses to literature by analyzing one sixth grader's entries written in her literature response journal. Finds that the student's responses reveal her as an active reader and writer with unique thoughts, feelings. and opinions generated by quality children's literature. (MG)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Childrens Literature, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
