Children Draw Their Images of Reading and Writing.

McKay, Roberta A.; Kendrick, Maureen E.

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ERIC Number: EJ629192

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Children Draw Their Images of Reading and Writing.

McKay, Roberta A.; Kendrick, Maureen E.

Language Arts, v78 n6 p529-33 Jul 2001

Uses children's drawings about reading and writing to provide valuable insights into metalinguistic knowledge that children have about literacy, including their beliefs about self and others as language users and knowledge about the demands of different literacy events. Makes a case for children's art as a source of insight on the nature and development of literacy. (SG)

Descriptors: Art Activities, Freehand Drawing, Literacy, Metalinguistics, Primary Education, Reading Instruction, Self Concept, Student Attitudes, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Note: Theme: "Changing the Way We Think about Language Arts" Revisited.