Explores children's working knowledge of narrative, scientific, and poetic genres. Finds that
children had significantly more experience with narrative genres than either scientific or …

ABSTRACTS This study was designed to examine the intersection of genre studies and
studies of scaffolded learning. The purpose of the study was to explore children's developing …

The purpose of this study was to investigate young children's developing understanding and
use of three particular school-based genres (stories, information reports, and poems) in …

In this book SG Grant reports his study of how four Michigan elementary school teachers
manage a range of reforms (such as new tests, textbooks, and curriculum frameworks) in …

B ilingual Fourth Graders Develop a Central Character for Their Narratives Page 1 88 A
narrative is a special kind of story that is highly valued in Englishspeaking cultures. Narratives …

A longitudinal study investigated the development of children's writing over a 5-year period
by examining how children use physical and symbolic representation systems that they have …

Textaritun er flókið viðfangsefni sem tekur langan tíma að ná góðum tökum á. Börn byrja ung
að prófa sig áfram með ritað mál og nýta sér teikningar og tákn til að koma hugsun sinni til …

Story book reading to children has long been considered to be a predictor of later success in
reading. Since reading to children is such an important event, it would be efficacious for …

Given the complexities and challenges of teaching well, learning to teach is fraught with
difficulties. Teaching others to teach well is yet another layer, making teaching about …

This chapter looks primarily at how developmental psychology can help researchers and
educators understand learning within the domain of literacy, looking in particular at one …