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Jarvey, Marya; McKeough, Anne; Pyryt, Michael C. – Research in the Teaching of English, 2008
Trickster tales, with their teachings on how to behave in the world, are a powerful means for transmitting social knowledge and cultural mores to children. In this study we compared two approaches to teaching fourth-grade students to write trickster tales. Although both instructional methods incorporated aspects of the writing process approach,…
Descriptors: Writing Processes, Tales, Process Approach (Writing), Cognitive Development
Allaei, Sara Kurtz; Connor, Ulla Maija – Writing Instructor, 1990
Reviews two areas of cross-cultural research (sociolinguistic research on oral interaction and the applied linguistic research area of contrastive rhetoric). Makes recommendations for using collaborative peer response groups successfully with multicultural classes. (MG)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Multicultural Education, Peer Evaluation