Authenticity and Children's Engagement with Writing

Authentic literacy activities engage children with meaningful reading and writing (Duke, Purcell-Gates, Hall, & Tower, 2006), but  little investigation has been conducted into the relationship of the kinds of writing children enjoy and the authenticity of the writing activity and experience. Thi...

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Main Author: Shelley K Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Language and Literacy Researchers of Canada 2015-01-01
Series:Language and Literacy: A Canadian Educational e-journal
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Online Access:https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/langandlit/index.php/langandlit/article/view/21107