Influences of context on early writing development

The Nature and Measurement of Children's Early Composing

“…Although early writing has been an area of interest and investigation for many years (e.g., Hildreth, ), and literature reviews on the nature of children's writing development in preschool, kindergarten, and early elementary grades (e.g., Brock, ; Pérez, ; Rowe, ; Schickedanz, ; Yaden, Rowe, & MacGillivray, ) have addressed the construct, a systematic review of empirical and professional literature is long overdue. Unlike literature reviews, systematic reviews provide comprehensive insight into a particular topic by establishing an explicit set of parameters for an extensive search of the literature with a clear demarcation of search criteria that allows for replicability and a robust analysis of trends, issues, and directions of the field (Mulrow, ).…”

Transitions to the Conventional: An Examination of a First Grader's Composing Process

“…More recently, researchers have investigated the social nature of young children's writing, asking how the dynamics of classroom culture and the worlds outside of school enable, shape, and constrain writing, as well as how children use writing as one of many symbolic systems to negotiate their social worlds and form communities of writers and readers (Brock, 1990;Dyson, 1989Dyson, ,1991Goodman & Wilde, 1992;Guice, 1995;MacGillivray, 1994;Rowe, 1989Rowe, ,1994. Young children's appropriation of various written genres and topics for different audiences and social purposes has also been investigated (Chapman, 1996b;Dyson, 1992), as well as their appropriation and manipulation of popular culture (Dyson, 1997) to construct their identities and to deal with issues of power and social relationships.…”