Demographic Questions

Date of birth

Place of birth

Place of rearing

Gender/race

Type of household (childhood)

Type of household (current)

Great-grandparents' schooling and occupations, if known

Grandparents' schooling and occupations, if known

Parents'/guardians' schooling and occupations, if known

Names and locations of all schools attended

Other training

Degrees, dates of graduation, size of graduating class

Past/current/future occupations

Early Childhood Memories

Earliest memories of seeing other people writing/reading

Earliest memories of self writing/reading

Earliest memories of direct or indirect instruction

Memories of places writing/reading occurred

Occasions associated with writing/reading

People associated with writing reading

Organizations associated with writing/reading

Materials available for writing/reading

Ways materials entered households

Kinds of materials used

Role of technologies

Writing and Reading in School

Earliest memories of writing/reading in school

Memories of kinds of writing/reading done in school

Memories of direct instruction

Memories of self-instruction

Memories of peer instruction

Memories of evaluation

Uses of assignments/other school writing and reading

Audiences of school-based writing

Knowledge drawn on to complete assignments

Resources drawn on to complete assignments

Kinds of materials available for school-based writing/reading

Kinds of materials used

Role of technologies

Writing and Reading with Peers

Memories of sharing writing and reading

Memories of writing and reading to/with friends

Memories of writing and reading in play

Memories of seeing friends reading and writing

Memories of reading friends' writing