Writing
Steve graham
Vanderbilt
university
Every story
has a beginning. With writing, this beginning took place more than 5,000 years
ago when Sumerians invented cuneiform to record good using a wedge-shaped reed
stylus and a moist clay tablet. From this simple beginning, writing has
undergone a incredible metamorphosis. The hardware of writing moved from marks
on clay to marks on paper to marks on computer srcreens. The software of
writing evolved from cuneiform to a wide array of scripts, including
syllabries, logographic forms, and the many variants of the alphabet (Cook,
2003).
HANDBOOK
OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
SECOND
EDITION
EDITED BY
PATRICIA
A. ALEXANDER
PHILIP H.
WINNE
ROUTLEDGE
TAYLOR
& FRANCIS GROUP
NEW YORK
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