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Rex-Kerish, Lesley – 1983
A study was undertaken to explore the problems beginning writers face and how they grapple with them. The subject, a six-year-old boy, was observed over 10 writing sessions and an analysis was made of his composing behavior and the illustrations and texts he produced. In addition, his composing aloud protocols were analyzed. Results suggest that a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages
Peer reviewedFriedman, Sheila – Reading Teacher, 1986
Offers a variety of practical writing ideas that can help first-grade teachers encourage writing across the curriculum. (FL)
Descriptors: Child Development, Content Area Writing, Grade 1, Integrated Activities
Download full textRowe, Deborah Wells – 1987
A study examined how children's understanding and use of written language and graphic/constructive art are embedded in the social world of their classrooms and how they explore the potential of communication systems (specifically, what socio-psychological strategies they use). Subjects were 21 3- and 4-year-old children of faculty and staff at a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Child Development, Child Language, Childrens Art
Schickedanz, Judith A. – 1986
Based on the premise that reading and writing, like other aspects of development, have histories that reach back into infancy, this book for teachers and parents introduces a comprehensive understanding of literacy development for infants through preschool age children. A practical approach, it emphasizes age-appropriate methods, books, and…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Bibliographies, Child Development, Early Childhood Education
Springate, Kay W. – 1983
Forty-eight children, equally divided among three-, four-, and five-year-old groups, were subjects in a study that explored the development and interrelationships among several facets of writing knowledge and reading readiness skills. Three categories of tasks were administered: knowledge of functions, knowledge of forms, and reading readiness…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Auditory Discrimination, Child Development, Handwriting
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication, Bloomington, IN. – 1997
This Digest looks at recent research, and then asks and considers some important questions about choosing a handwriting program for young children, i.e.: (1) which alphabet is developmentally appropriate; (2) which alphabet is easier to use; (3) which alphabet is easier to read; (4) which alphabet is more easily integrated; (5) which alphabet is…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Child Development, Elementary School Students, Emergent Literacy
King, Martha L.; Rentel, Victor M. – 1982
Presenting a longitudinal study of factors influencing the text-forming strategies children employ in early stages of writing development, this report focuses on the differences between children's oral and written texts and the development of writing ability. The first two chapters present cohesion results, with the first chapter providing…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Cohesion (Written Composition), Developmental Stages
Bouchard, Kathy A. – 1983
A study investigated the writing processes of four fourth grade students--two girls and two boys--as they participated in an 18-session writing workshop. The sessions were held three times a week for 6 weeks, each lasting 45-minutes. Data were collected through (1) observations of the children as they interacted and composed, revised, edited,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Child Language, Childhood Attitudes
Peer reviewedBaghban, Marcia – Reading Horizons, 1986
Summarizes and updates original study done on reading and writing development of a preschool child. (SRT)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Beginning Reading, Child Development, Child Language
Tutolo, Daniel – 1984
Based on observations of three first grade classrooms in Milan, Italy, this paper provides information about beginning writing instruction in Italy and offers suggestions for adapting some of the more successful techniques found there into writing programs in the United States. The various sections of the paper contain the following: (1)…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Child Development, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research
Farr, Marcia – 1984
Noting the close relationship among reading, writing, and oral language documented by research, this paper considers studies of early writing development in the context of emergent literacy rather than in the context of work on writing processes and their development. Following a brief review of early studies of emergent literacy that includes…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Children, Emergent Literacy
Froese, Victor – 1983
A study examined the transition from dependent writing (dictation) to independent writing for 40 first grade students. Specifically, the study investigated (1) how, in terms of common quantitative language units (mean words per t-unit, mean number of dependent clauses, words per maze, mean number of dependent clauses per t-unit, and length in…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Dictation, Discourse Analysis
Ferreiro, Emilia; Teberosky, Ana – 1982
The reflections and theses on preschool children's literacy development presented in this book are the result of an experimental project carried out in Buenos Aires from 1974 to 1976. Chapter 1 discusses the educational situation in Latin America, traditional methods of reading instruction, contemporary psycholinguistics, the pertinence of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Experience, Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition
Stallard, Loretta M.; Stallard, Charles – 1980
An examination of writing readiness (the state of being ready to write with a reasonable chance of success) across grade levels has revealed some developmental stages involved in writing and has indicated the role of intention in writing. The analysis has begun at grade two, since younger children's writing is greatly affected by their…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Difficulty Level
Schickedanz, Judith A. – 1999
Based on the premise that without a solid foundation of literacy knowledge and skill, children will have difficulty benefiting from first grade reading and writing instruction, this book for parents and teachers provides a comprehensive introduction to literacy development from infancy through preschool. The book emphasizes age-appropriate…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Bibliographies, Child Development, Classroom Environment
