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Of Cabbages and Kings: Or What Kinds of Poetry Young Children Like.
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Fisher, Carol J.; Natarella, Margaret A. – Language Arts, 1979
Describes a study of the poetry preferences of 15 classes of primary school children. (DD)
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Children, Childrens Literature, Educational Research
Heads Up: Write What You See
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Calkins, Lucy McCormick – Language Arts, 1978
Children will write well only when they speak in their own voices about their own concerns. (DD)
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Elementary Education, English Instruction, Language Arts
Children's Preferences for Film Form and Technique.
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Cox, Carole – Language Arts, 1982
Describes the methodology and results of a study of the preferences of fourth- and fifth-grade children for film form and technique. Indicates that children prefer narrative/live action films, followed by narrative/animation, nonnarrative/live action, and nonnarrative/animation. (HTH)
Descriptors: Animation, Cartoons, Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Interests
On Children Writing Prose.
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Rouse, John – Language Arts, 1984
Describes a language arts program in a Brooklyn, New York, public school in which children are questioned about their writing and their interests and allowed the freedom to put any interest on paper. Discusses the problems children encounter with such writing freedom, as well as the program's effectiveness. (HTH)
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Elementary Education, Language Arts, Program Descriptions
Planning a Literature Program for the Elementary School.
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Language Arts, 1979
Discusses the four major concentrations that can form the framework for a childrens literature program: children's interests, literary types, literary elements, and creators of children's literature. (DD)
Descriptors: Authors, Childhood Interests, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education
Reading: To Dare Is to Do
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Gunderson, Bernice V. – Language Arts, 1976
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Communication Skills, Elementary Education, Expectation
On Becoming a Writer: Child and Teacher.
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Newman, Judith M. – Language Arts, 1983
Examines the early writing of a young child over the course of several months to illustrate the struggle with the writing process. Draws parallels between the child's writing progress and that of the author as she learned to be comfortable as a writer and suggests implications for the teaching of writing. (HTH)
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Learning Strategies