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1980

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An Analysis Of Nonconserving And Conserving First Grade Children's Dictated Language Experience Stories According To Five Characteristics Of Plot Structures And Piaget's Decreasingly Egocentric Speech Features, Carolyn J. Jackson Jan 1980

An Analysis Of Nonconserving And Conserving First Grade Children's Dictated Language Experience Stories According To Five Characteristics Of Plot Structures And Piaget's Decreasingly Egocentric Speech Features, Carolyn J. Jackson

Educational Policy Studies Dissertations

NOTE: Presented in Partial Fulfillment of Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Leadership in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education, Georgia State University

Purpose: The content and language structure of stories created by young children have been for many years an interest to researchers who have attempted to investigate children's thinking as reflected in their stories. These stories, believed to consist of children's actual thoughts during the story creation process, may reflect thinking and can be examined and analyzed according to identified criteria. The five characteristics of plot structures investigated for …