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Qin, Wenjuan; Uccelli, Paola – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2021
In writing science summaries, student writers frequently borrow language fragments from source texts. While taking a text's ideas verbatim is commonly considered a failure in writers' expected use of their own words or even plagiarism, imitating "linguistic chunks" from skilled speakers is also an effective practice in language…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Science Education, Writing (Composition)
Qin, Wenjuan; Uccelli, Paola – Grantee Submission, 2021
In writing science summaries, student writers frequently borrow language fragments from source texts. While taking a text's ideas verbatim is commonly considered a failure in writers' expected use of their own words or even plagiarism, imitating "linguistic chunks" from skilled speakers is also an effective practice in language…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Science Education, Writing (Composition)
Graham, Steve; Harris, Karen R.; Fishman, Evan; Houston, Julia; Wijekumar, Kausalai; Lei, Pui-Wa; Ray, Amber B. – Elementary School Journal, 2019
This study tested whether writing skills, knowledge, motivation, and strategic behaviors (within the context of robust writing instruction) each made a statistically unique contribution to predicting fifth-grade students' (123 girls, 104 boys) composition quality and length on a persuasive writing task involving source material, after variance due…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Knowledge Level, Student Motivation, Student Behavior
Wijekumar, Kay; Graham, Steve; Harris, Karen R.; Lei, Pui-Wa; Barkel, Ashley; Aitken, Angelique; Ray, Amber; Houston, Julia – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2019
A core tenet of the model of domain learning is that learning is shaped by cognitive and motivational forces. In writing, these catalysts include learners' knowledge, motivation, strategic behaviors, and skills. This study tested this proposition at two time points (Fall and Spring) with 179 fifth-grade students (52% were girls), examining if…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Persuasive Discourse, Writing Skills, Writing Strategies
Joshua C. Bennett – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Extant research indicates culturally relevant literature (CRL) is linked to increased reading comprehension and interest in reading for Latinx students as well as other student groups. Current research also shows CRL can support home literacy instruction, facilitate writing instruction, foster sociopolitical awareness, underpin behavior…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Cultural Relevance, Scoring Rubrics, Literature
Leah P. McCoy, Editor – Online Submission, 2024
This document presents the proceedings of the 28th Annual Research Forum held June 27, 2024, at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Included are the following eight action research papers: (1) College Athletics and the High School Athlete: Perspectives of High School Coaches (Michael Goehrig); (2) The Influence of Blogging on…
Descriptors: Action Research, Athletic Coaches, College Athletics, Athletics
Nobles, Susanne; Anderson, Daniel; Raman, Manjula; Laird, Katy; Tindal, Gerald – Behavioral Research and Teaching, 2018
This study was premised on the importance of vocabulary in comprehending text. Critical findings from both the National Reading Plan (NRP) and the National Reading Technical Assistance Center (NRTAC) frame this study, both in the intervention that was implemented and in the manner in which outcomes were measured. Using expository passages…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, Intervention, Program Effectiveness
Tolchinsky, Liliana – Journal of Literacy Research, 2019
Learning to compose texts adequate for different purposes is crucial for becoming literate. We examined developmental changes in the rhetorical structure of written texts produced by Spanish children throughout the early years of elementary school in the light of descriptive writing purposes. Children had also performed tasks to test…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Writing Assignments
Hwang, Gwo-Jen; Chen, Mei-Rong Alice; Sung, Han-Yu; Lin, Meng-Hsuan – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2019
The capability of reading comprehension is one of the essential skills for learning different topics, and has been recognized as a challenging objective in the Chinese curriculum. In this study, a concept mapping-based summarization strategy was incorporated into flipped learning to improve students' reading comprehension. The participants of the…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Blended Learning, Reading Comprehension, Mandarin Chinese
Tare, Medha; Ruppel Shell, Alison – Digital Promise Global, 2019
While research shows that learners differ in many ways, this work must be translated into actionable strategies to benefit students. We describe the results of our partnership with ReadWorks, a widely-used literacy edtech platform, to help them implement research-based pedagogical features that support learners with diverse needs. In a national…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Educational Technology, Program Descriptions, National Surveys
Walter, Ofra; Gil-Glazer, Ya'ara; Eilam, Billie – Curriculum Journal, 2019
This study, using a mixed methods design, examined the use of a photograph-based model to improve students' language and writing skills. Classes were assigned to receive the photograph-based intervention (experimental) or to receive the regular language-based curriculum (control). Both second and fifth grade students in the experimental group…
Descriptors: Photography, Language Skills, Intervention, Writing Skills
Gil-Glazer, Ya'ara; Walter, Ofra; Eilam, Billie – Journal of Education, 2019
This article presents the major findings of a longitudinal study on the use of photograph-based assignments to improve higher-order thinking and language skills among second- and fifth-grade students using an intervention framework and a convergent mixed method (quantitative and qualitative) approach. The method promoted oriented study skills for…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Longitudinal Studies, Photography, Assignments
O'Connor, Rollanda E.; Beach, Kristen D.; Sanchez, Victoria; Bocian, Kathleen M.; Roberts, Sarana; Chan, Olivia – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2017
Helping struggling readers to learn history content in middle school can be difficult due to heavy reading demands. In this study, researchers taught poor readers with and without disabilities in eighth grade to generate main idea statements; create, compare, and contrast paragraphs; and identify cause and effect relations, along with relevant…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Middle School Students, Grade 8, Disabilities
O'Connor, Rollanda E.; Beach, Kristen D.; Sanchez, Victoria; Bocian, Kathleen M.; Roberts, Sarana; Chan, Olivia – Grantee Submission, 2017
Helping struggling readers to learn history content in middle school can be difficult due to heavy reading demands. In this study, researchers taught poor readers with and without disabilities in 8th grade to generate main idea statements, create compare and contrast paragraphs, and identify cause and effect relationships, along with relevant…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Middle School Students, Grade 8, Disabilities
Matsumura, Lindsay Clare; Wang, Elaine; Correnti, Richard – Reading Teacher, 2016
Research shows that cognitively demanding text-based writing assignments increase students' reading comprehension skills and analytic writing competencies. In this article, we describe the steps that upper-elementary grade teachers can take to develop cognitively demanding assignments that build these higher-level literacy skills and put students…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, College Readiness, Reading Skills, Reading Comprehension
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