Graves Revisited: A Look at the Methods and Conclusions of the New Hampshire Study.

Smagorinsky, Peter

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Publication Date: 1987

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Graves Revisited: A Look at the Methods and Conclusions of the New Hampshire Study.

Smagorinsky, Peter

Written Communication, v9 n9 p331-42 Oct 1987

Discusses the work of Donald Graves, who has achieved wide recognition for propounding a method of teaching writing that stresses unstructured expression of personal experiences, using a case study of 16 children as his research base. Concludes that because Graves never considers negative evidence for his hypotheses, his work constitutes reportage rather than research. (SKC)

Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Case Studies, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Education, Experimenter Characteristics, Research Design, Research Methodology, Research Needs, Research Problems, Teaching Methods, Writing Instruction, Writing Research

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