Elicitation of knowledge transformational reports while children write narratives

Abstract

Bereiter and Scardamalia (1987) proposed a model of children's writing, labeled "knowledge - telling," which they characterized as being simple and linear in nature. By contrast, their model of more expert writing is described as "knowledge transformational," because it is more sophisticated in its involvement of complex problem - solving processes. These researchers report that children, and even most adolescents, do not write at a level that would implicate knowledge - transformational processes, especially in expository prose writing. Their evidence contrasts with the reports of process - based writing researchers (such as Graves, 1985; 1991), who through …