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A 3 page paper assessing two articles describing research into the use of journal writing in the elementary grades. One of the articles is technically sound; the other may be practically useful but is not of empirical quality. The paper analyzes each to conclude that the differences in these two studies illustrate the gulf between useful, valid research and efforts born of mere curiosity. There may be room for each, but those seeking to gain from the research of others need to be able to distinguish the category of work before them. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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3 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KSeduJourn2.rtf
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kindergarten classroom in which students are actively reading aloud the Big Red Dog, talking about the story and their lives, and then writing about the experience in their journals.
"The transition between oral and written language is seamless; students turn to their neighbors after the story has been read, talk about favorite parts of the story, and share what
they will write about in their journals" (Wiseman, 2003; p. 802). This is the effect observed where journal writing among young students is
practiced well. There can be questions about what is good practice, however, and even more questions of how to translate research into practice. The purpose here is to
evaluate two research efforts on the topic. Literature Review Calderon (1991) addresses the use of journal writing as an exercise in cooperative learning
among Hispanic students for whom English is a second language. The author states that "cooperative learning has been found to be effective for promoting the academic achievement, language acquisition,
and social development of English language learners" (Calderon, 1991). The study was conducted in an area of Texas providing a sample of students
70 percent Hispanic and 24 percent limited English speaking (Calderon, 1991). The author does not state if the reader is to understand that these divisions total 94 percent of
the students in the study or whether some students in one classification overlap with the other. As applied practice educational studies go, this
one is quite large in that it includes 12 classrooms of students rather than the more typical one. The author explicitly states that the study "sought to integrate effective
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