1st Edition
Beginning Writers in the Zone of Proximal Development
By Elizabeth Petri Steward
Copyright 1995
284 Pages
by
Routledge
284 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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How do young children bridge the gap between "writing" a story with pictures and writing with words? How children learn to use written words to tell a story is a topic important to both cognitive development and early literacy instruction. Using the theoretical framework developed by Vygotsky, the behavior of a group of prekindergarten children as they author two consecutive pieces of writing is... Read more
Contents: Background. The Vygotskyan Perspective. Methodology. Jeremy's Books. Group Results. Conclusions and Implications. Appendices: Book Pages and Writing Conferences. Book Covers.
Biography
Elizabeth Petri Steward
"The book's value as a 'resource' would appear to be twofold: as a model of a particular interpretation of Vygotskian theory and as a foundation for conversation and analysis in a course on emergent literacy. Petrick-Steward makes a fine case for the social roots of cognition."
—Contemporary Psychology"A particular strength of the book is to be found in the sheer volume of well presented samples of the writing and drawing of 'academically at risk' children."
—British Journal of Developmental Psychology
