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Himley, Margaret – Written Communication, 1988
Documents a seven-year-old child's early activities as a writer from the perspective of (1) intentionality, (2) conditions and production, (3) learning strategies, (4) composing patterns in other semiotic activities, (5) availability, and (6) literacy community, and attempts to analyze those activities through narrative, explication and argument.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Development, Discovery Processes, Learning Processes
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Spindler, George; Spindler, Louise – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1990
Presents an approach to teaching cultural anthropology that combines an inductive method and ethnographic case studies. From introductory courses to graduate-level seminars, the inductive case study approach combines written materials, films, and other aids to allow students to discover culture. Discusses how audiovisual aids can be used.…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Audiovisual Aids, Case Studies, Cross Cultural Studies
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Menn, Lise – 1976
An interactionist-discovery theory of child phonology is proposed based on the following tenets: children invent their own phonological rules, and phonetic mastery is not automatically or generally in step with learning about phonemic contrasts. When a child learns the sound pattern of a language, there is constant interaction between the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Language, Discovery Processes, Generalization