Managing the Written Text: The Beginning of Punctuation in Children's Writing.

Ferreiro, Emilia; Pontecorvo, Clotilde

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ERIC Number: EJ596351

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Managing the Written Text: The Beginning of Punctuation in Children's Writing.

Ferreiro, Emilia; Pontecorvo, Clotilde

Learning and Instruction, v9 n6 p543-64 Dec 1999

Studied the use of punctuation in children's early writings in connection with organization of the text. Collected 134 stories of second graders written in Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian. Children tried to make sense of writing conventions, including the use of punctuation, and some tried to distinguish the functions of punctuation marks. (SLD)

Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Grade 2, Italian, Portuguese, Primary Education, Punctuation, Spanish, Writing Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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