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  1. Winter 1987 Issue »

    The Value of "Time Off Task":

    Young Children's Spontaneous Talk and Deliberate Text

    Anne Haas Dyson
    The spontaneous, unsanctioned talk of primary students is analyzed with respect to its usefulness. It is argued that this talk supported the intellectual development of the students as beginning writers.

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  2. Winter 1987 Issue

    Abstracts

    Beyond Special Education:
    Toward a Quality System for All Students
    Alan Gartner and Dorothy Kerzner Lipsky
    The Value of "Time Off Task":
    Young Children's Spontaneous Talk and Deliberate Text
    Anne Haas Dyson
    An Analysis of Multicultural Education in the United States
    Christine E. Sleeter and Carl A. Grant
    Literacy and the Oral Foundations of Education
    Kieran Egan
    Sounding an Alarm:
    A Reply to Sockett
    Lee S. Shulman
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