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A Study Examining the Impact of Scaffolding Young Children's Acquisition of Literacy in Primary Grades

This case study explores the implementation of scaffolding in literacy learning in a first grade classroom setting. The complexities and nuisances of scaffolding present in the elementary school classroom context during reading and writing instruction are examined. Ten first graders, five from a pilot study an five from the case study, are followed in reading and writing in a public school classroom. Themes indicate that students in lower elementary grades benefit from reading and writing instruction that include the following strategic elements: 1) leveled predictable texts; 2) small group guided reading and writing instruction; 3) systematic, strategic instruction based upon performance-based observation of student's interaction with texts and self-generated writing; 4)integration of reading and writing lessons; and 5) teacher/student dialogues and conversations supporting language acquisition and development of student understandings.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LSU/oai:etd.lsu.edu:etd-04132007-101339
Date09 May 2007
CreatorsBurch, Judith Rollins
ContributorsJames Wandersee, Paul Mooney, Anna Nardo, Pam Blanchard, Earl Cheek, Jr.
PublisherLSU
Source SetsLouisiana State University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
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Sourcehttp://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04132007-101339/
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