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Andee Rubin, D. Gentner
1979
1979
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Rubin, A., & Gentner, D. (1979). An Educational Technique to Encourage Practice with High-Level Aspects of Texts.
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Rubin, Andee, and D. Gentner. “An Educational Technique to Encourage Practice with High-Level Aspects of Texts.” (1979).
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Rubin, Andee, and D. Gentner. An Educational Technique to Encourage Practice with High-Level Aspects of Texts. 1979.
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@article{andee1979a,
title = {An Educational Technique to Encourage Practice with High-Level Aspects of Texts.},
year = {1979},
author = {Rubin, Andee and Gentner, D.}
}
Abstract
The Story Maker is a teaching device that allows children to create stories by choosing options from a set of alretdy-written story segments. This device (11 provides an active language experience,that allows children to. construct stories easily: (2)Aemonstrates'the consequences of choosing different ways for a story to proceed: (3) avoids the overemphasis on low-level characteristics of text such as spelling and handwriting: (4) provides a real audience for children's compositions: (51 creates a, natural context for comparing and discussing stories with different high-level characteristics: ,(6) provides a social and cognitive context in which it is natural fof children to work together on language activities: and (7) provides a motivating, nonthreatening, success-oriented context for language activities. The choices are structured sc that the initial choices a child makes constrain choices that can be made.,later in the Trocess. The Story Maker is implemented in such a way that the child cannot see a 'given set of alternatives until the time has come to chOose among them. After children have had some experience with this technique, they can construct their own Story Makers. (HOD) ME011PC01 Plus Postage. Creative Writing; Elementary Education: Language Arts: *Language Experience, Approach: *Reading Instruction: Story Telling: *Teaching Methods: *Writing (Composition): *Wrtting Instruction ******************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the Original document. * 11******************************************************************** 1 U S DEPARTMENT CIF HEALTH E DUCATION swELFAAE N ATIONAL INSTITUTE of EDUCATION 1NIS DOCUMENT AS BEEN EPRoour Eo E RACILY AS RECEIVED FROM TOE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGINATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRE SENT OF F iC1AL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY Andee Rubin
