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Britsch, Susan Jane – Language Arts, 2004
The reactions of children to a written interchange that they redid by co-opting riddles, that is a genre which is unavoidably dialogic, is focused. The research conducted for the same through exchange of e-mail letters is discussed in detail.
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Computer Mediated Communication, Student Reaction, Writing (Composition)
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Greever, Ellen A.; Austin, Patricia; Welhousen, Karyn – Language Arts, 2000
Examines responses to the children's book "William's Doll" by two groups of fourth-grade students, one responding in 1975 and the other group responding in 1997. Finds that many responses to the idea of a boy wanting a doll for a toy still arose from heavily stereotyped attitudes toward gender. Notes implications for the classroom. (SR)
Descriptors: Books, Classroom Research, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades
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Galda, Lee – Language Arts, 1982
Presents the responses of three fifth-grade students to two current children's novels to show how popular literature and personal response can provide teachers with insights about the literary understanding of their students. (HTH)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Grade 5, Interaction