Second Graders' Perceptions of What Is Important in Writing
| Autor: | Raylene Kos, Cheryl Maslowski |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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| Zdroj: | The Elementary School Journal. 101:567-584 |
| ISSN: | 1554-8279 0013-5984 |
| DOI: | 10.1086/499688 |
| Popis: | In this teacher-generated study we explored 15 children's perceptions of what constituted good writing to see how those might better inform the teacher's instruction. Transcripts of audiotaped data, including students' responses to interviews early and late in the 5-month study and student and teacher talk during small-group classroom writing sessions, were analyzed for children's perceptions of what was important in writing. Analyses revealed that during interviews children focused on the conventions of writing (i.e., handwriting, spelling, and mechanics) as indicators of "good" writing. However, the children's conversations while writing reflected more emphases on idea generation, planning, and organization of stories and growing awareness of ownership and audience needs. The data indicated that children recognized a need to become proficient in the conventions of writing. However, when provided with scaffolded writing situations, the children talked about expanded indicators of good writing. When suppo... |
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