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Gardner Taylor, April Dimmis – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The Focused Practice Instructional Approach (FPIA) was based on the Environmental Mode of instruction established by George Hillocks' 1986 meta-analysis for writing instruction. The purpose of this study was to clearly define the FPIA approach using the original studies and test if it was significantly effective in fourth grade classrooms using…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Grade 4
Haystead, Mark W. – Marzano Research Laboratory, 2009
This report describes the findings of an analysis of a series of action research projects conducted by Goshen Community Schools at the elementary school level. During the 2008-2009 school year, 26 teachers at 7 elementary schools participated in independent action research studies regarding the extent to which a six step approach to direct…
Descriptors: Action Research, Vocabulary, Vocabulary Development, Direct Instruction