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Kusumawarti, Etika; Subiyantoro, Slamet; Rukayah – International Journal of Instruction, 2020
This research was a quasi-pretest-posttest design experimental study with experimental and control classes. The experimental class applied the VAK model and the control class applied the guided inquiry model. The research was conducted on fifth-grade students of primary schools in Surakarta in the academic year 2018/2019 with a sample of 114…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Writing (Composition)
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Collins, James L.; Lee, Jaekyung; Fox, Jeffery D.; Madigan, Timothy P. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2017
This study examined the hypothesis that assisted writing during reading improves reading comprehension. The hypothesis was derived from sociocognitive and constructivist theory and research and implemented in the form of a curricular intervention called Writing Intensive Reading Comprehension after its main feature of bringing together reading…
Descriptors: Reading Writing Relationship, Reading Comprehension, Low Achievement, Urban Schools
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Hamzadayi, Ergun – Education, 2015
The aim of this study was to examine the effect of progressive sentence development activities on 5th graders' description skills. The study was conducted based on the pretest-posttest quasi-experimental model with a control group. A total of 58 students participated in the study; 29 in the control group, and 29 in the experimental group. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Sentences
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Hoogeveen, Mariëtte; van Gelderen, Amos – Elementary School Journal, 2015
This study examined whether instruction in genre knowledge enriches students' feedback on each other's writing, resulting in better writing quality. In total 140 sixth-grade students (age 11-13) participated in the study. Two approaches to peer response with additional instruction were compared. In one condition, students were taught specific…
Descriptors: Literary Genres, Writing Instruction, Peer Evaluation, Feedback (Response)
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Dunn, Michael – International Journal of Special Education, 2013
Educators often use mnemonic strategies as a prime method to help children who struggle with writing. This study analyzed 12 fourth-grade students' stories during their participation in one of three groups. The first group learned the Ask, Reflect, Text (ART) mnemonic strategy with art media in the pre-writing/planning phase. The second group used…
Descriptors: Writing Improvement, Writing Instruction, Writing Difficulties, Elementary School Students
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Gallagher, H. Alix; Woodworth, Katrina; McCaffrey, Teresa; Park, Christina J.; Wang, Haiwen – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
Improving teacher effectiveness is a key strategy to ensure student readiness for college and careers and to address achievement gaps and persistent low performance. In response to the new Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts (CCSS-ELA) the National Writing Project (NWP) created a professional development (PD) program to support…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Faculty Development, Teacher Effectiveness, Common Core State Standards