ARE THERE EXPLICIT ANAPHORIC CORRELATES BETWEEN CHILDREN'S WRITING AND READING?

ABSTRACT

The reading/writing relationship has become a popular eduction topic, achieving considerable acceptance among educators and researchers across many disciplines. Although many studies have correlated reading and writing in some way, there is still surprisingly little empirical research supporting the notion and even less defining shared commonalities. This is especially true with regard to connections between children;s reading comprehension and their own writing. Shanahan and Lomax (1986) as well as Durkin (1990) have cautioned that accepting the existence of a reading/writing relationship based on faith rather than empirical evidence may influence the soundness of instructional recommendations.