NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Rosaen, Cheryl L.; Lindquist, Barbara – 1992
The research reported in this paper is a case study of one student's learning in a writers' workshop where two teacher-researchers were developing new curriculum and instructional practices. The case study was developed out of a larger qualitative study in which 47 fifth-grade students' growth as writers was studied over a 1-year period as they…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Longitudinal Studies
Rosaen, Cheryl L.; Roth, Kathleen J. – 1993
A study investigated what was possible in terms of student learning when a conceptual change model of teaching science and a writers' workshop model of teaching writing were used consistently across time. Similarities and contrasts in the curriculum, learning communities, and teachers' roles when the two instructional models were used (by two…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades
Rosaen, Cheryl L.; Lindquist, Barbara – 1993
Developed from a year-long collaboration between researchers and a fifth-grade teacher, this paper presents case study materials designed for use with prospective and experienced teachers interested in thinking and learning about students' writing development. Several kinds of information regarding the progress of "Billy" are included in…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Higher Education
Rosaen, Cheryl L.; Hazelwood, Constanza – 1993
This report describes the development of a learning community in a fifth-grade writers' workshop across one school year and two girls' participation in the learning community. The report examines ways in which teacher-researchers' and students' notions and actions regarding collaboration changed; it also describes the curriculum in the writers'…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Collaborative Writing, Cooperative Learning, Discourse Communities
Rosaen, Cheryl L.; Lindquist, Barbara – 1992
This report draws on two teacher-researchers' yearlong collaboration in co-planning, co-teaching, and co-researching a writers' workshop in a fifth-grade classroom. Alternatives were sought to a more traditional staff development model in which one professional who is considered to have greater expertise and skill supports and coaches another…
Descriptors: Action Research, Educational Practices, Educational Researchers, Elementary School Teachers
Rosaen, Cheryl L.; And Others – 1992
As part of a larger examination of student perspectives on science, social studies and communication arts, this case study provides accounts of two fifth graders' participation in a writers' workshop. Teacher-researchers involved in the overall study included two fifth grade teachers, one third grade teacher, two university professors, and three…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, Cognitive Development, Collaborative Writing
Rosaen, Cheryl L. – 1993
Determining the appropriate amount and type of teacher and student input is a complex curriculum and instructional challenge for writing teachers. This paper describes a teacher-researcher's experiences while teaching a fifth-grade class and studying a developing writer's workshop approach to writing instruction. She investigated: (1) how students…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Development, Grade 5