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2003-01-01

Kidwatching and the Development of Children as Writers

Observación de los niños y su desarrollo como escritores

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Children as authors, primary school, children creativity, teaching of writing, reading readiness (en)
Niños autores, escuela primaria, creatividad en niños, enseñanza de la escritura, facilidad de lectura (es)

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This research project aims at exploring, understanding, and analyzing second graders’ development as writers in a private school of Bogotá. Group reading, writing stories, hyper-stories (non-linear stories) and messages as literacy activities were carried out with these children and allowed them to grow as writers in an EFL context. The findings are the result of data triangulation collected through interviews, teacher- student conferences and second graders’ samples and show evidence of the significant growth in the type of texts written by children and in the quality of interaction they had when they constructed texts.

Este proyecto de investigación pretende explorar, entender y analizar el desarrollo como escritores de los estudiantes de segundo de primaria de un colegio privado de Bogotá. Las actividades de lecto-escritura como la lectura en grupo, la creación escrita de historias, hiper-historias (historias no lineales) y mensajes permitieron que los niños se desarrollaran como escritores en un contexto extranjero. Los hallazgos como resultado de la triangulación de datos a través de entrevistas, conferencias entre el profesor(a) y el estudiante, y los trabajos elaborados por los estudiantes de segundo evidencian el crecimiento significativo en la clase de textos escritos por los niños y en la calidad de interacción presente cuando construyeron los textos.

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Ruíz, N. C. (2003). Kidwatching and the Development of Children as Writers. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 4(1), 51–57. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11229

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RUÍZ, N. C. Kidwatching and the Development of Children as Writers. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, [S. l.], v. 4, n. 1, p. 51–57, 2003. Disponível em: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11229. Acesso em: 24 dec. 2025.

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Ruíz, Nubia Cecilia. 2003. “Kidwatching and the Development of Children as Writers”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development 4 (1):51-57. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11229.

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Ruíz, N. C. “Kidwatching and the Development of Children as Writers”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, vol. 4, no. 1, Jan. 2003, pp. 51-57, https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11229.

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Ruíz, Nubia Cecilia. “Kidwatching and the Development of Children as Writers”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development 4, no. 1 (January 1, 2003): 51–57. Accessed December 24, 2025. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11229.

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Ruíz NC. Kidwatching and the Development of Children as Writers. Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev. [Internet]. 2003 Jan. 1 [cited 2025 Dec. 24];4(1):51-7. Available from: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/11229

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