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Peer reviewedBurkhardt, Ross M. – Language Arts, 1984
Describes observations of one student's writing process and the ease with which the student transformed prose into poetry. Discusses what the teacher learned from the observations about the sensitivity and energy of eighth-grade writing students. (HTH)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 8
Peer reviewedBlair, Heather A. – Language Arts, 2000
Explores the gendered nature of talk in one multicultural, eighth-grade classroom, discussing how talk is an integral part of engendering. Looks at how the genderlects "Boy Talk" and "Girl Talk" contributed to classroom inequities. Offers suggestions to teachers for ways to validate and utilize the girls' discourse practices to their advantage,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, Discourse Analysis, Equal Education
