10-second review: Invented spelling in first grade. Journal writing. Literary criticism.
Title: “Annotated Bibliography of Research in the Teaching of English.” RL Larson and A Bechan. Research in the Teaching of English (December 1992), 446-465.
Invented Spelling in First Grade. Results indicated that encouragement of invented spelling does increase the quantity and quality of writing produced by first-grade students when compared with traditional-spelling peers. NA Healy. P. 450. 1992. [Comment: Stands to reason. I assume that “traditional spelling” means stopping and checking every word before moving on in the draft. Students and even adult writers will write more effectively when they do not have to be concerned with correct spelling in drafting. Spelling is a mop-up that can be taken care of when the final, corrected copy has been completed. RayS.]
Journal Writing. Found that vocabulary and the writing scores of fourth-and fifth-grade students who had a journal writing component in their reading instruction were significantly higher than those of students who did not have this component in their reading instruction. CP Roy. P. 451. 1991. [Comment: I’m assuming that the journal writing was in conjunction with responding to reading. In that context, I am willing to believe that students would improve their vocabulary and writing scores. RayS.]
Literary Criticism. Discusses the need to include the reader’s role when the history of literature is written. G Hansson. P. 452. 1992. [Comment: I’m not sure what the “reader’s role” means from this brief summary, but including ordinary readers’ responses in a history of literature is a fascinating new dimension in literary criticism. RayS.]
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