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Download full textHorner, Bruce; Lu, Min-Zhan – 1999
Intended for teachers of basic writing, this book contains a collection of new and updated essays addressing issues surrounding underprepared writers. It maps errors and expectations for basic writing and develops teaching approaches that will be effective in a social and political world. The book considers concepts such as the possibility of…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Classroom Techniques, Feminism, Higher Education
Direct linkJames, Amy – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2006
This Knowledge Essentials book shows parents how to enrich their child's first classroom experience and take an active role in preschool education. This book includes advice and offers information about: (1) What a child is learning at school and the educational standards to expect in preschool-level reading and writing readiness, math, science,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Verbal Communication, Preschool Education, Kindergarten
Burrows, Alvina Treut; And Others – 1984
Based on the authors' classroom work and observations since the 1930s, this book is intended to help teach children to write correctly and, at the same time, help them learn to enjoy writing so much that they will want to continue writing throughout their lives. The book offers classroom teachers, school library media specialists, curriculum…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
Graves, Donald; Stuart, Virginia – 1985
Based on a seminal classroom research project directed by Dr. Donald Graves, as well as on the experiences of numerous children, teachers, parents, and researchers around the world, this book shows what can happen when teachers and parents realize that every child can write. Although the book is the result of a collaboration, the two authors have…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Elementary Education
Bean, Wendy; Bouffler, Chrystine – 1987
Specifically intended to address the teaching of spelling, this description of an elementary school program in Australia deals with many of the pedagogical problems that arise in whole language classrooms, and suggests ways for teachers to integrate a process approach to spelling with process writing to create a total language program. Following…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Individualized Instruction, Process Education
Newkirk, Thomas, Ed.; Atwell, Nancie, Ed. – 1988
Written by teachers of elementary school students, the 30 articles in this collection are designed to provide insights into the way children learn to write and to encourage teachers to examine their own theories and perceptions of writing and writing instruction. The articles are grouped in six sections, covering beginning writing, collaborative…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Reading Comprehension
