NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Matsumura, Lindsay Clare; Correnti, Richard; Wang, Elaine – Reading Research Quarterly, 2015
The Common Core State Standards emphasize students writing analytically in response to texts. Questions remain about the nature of instruction that develops students' text-based writing skills. In the present study, we examined the role that writing task quality plays in students' mastery of analytic text-based writing. Text-based writing tasks…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Writing Assignments, Task Analysis, Writing (Composition)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Nair, Shanthi Suraj; Tay, Lee Yong; Koh, Joyce Hwee Ling – Educational Media International, 2013
This research paper explores students' motivation and teachers' teaching practices towards the writing of compositions in the conventional paper-based (paper and pencil) and the online blogs mode. Six classes of Grade 5 (224 students) and four English teachers in an elementary-level future school in Singapore were involved in this study. A total…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods
Huerta, Margarita – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This quantitative study explored the impact of literacy integration in a science inquiry classroom involving the use of science notebooks on the academic language development and conceptual understanding of students from diverse (i.e., English Language Learners, or ELLs) and low socio-economic status (low-SES) backgrounds. The study derived from a…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Writing Assignments, Inquiry, Science Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Salcedo, Julie Bader – Language Arts, 2009
This paper describes diverse language learners' use of dialogue journaling in an elementary school setting. The author, a teacher researcher, conducted a qualitative research study with eight participants, ranging from fourth to sixth grade; all were learners adding English to their language repertoire. Through an in-depth analysis of student…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Grade 6, Teacher Researchers, English (Second Language)