NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Publication Date
In 20250
Since 20240
Since 2021 (last 5 years)0
Since 2016 (last 10 years)0
Since 2006 (last 20 years)4
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing all 10 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Wolfersberger, Mark – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2013
This article argues that task representation should be considered as part of the construct of classroom-based academic writing. Task representation is a process that writers move through when creating a unique mental model of the requirements for each new writing task they encounter. Writers' task representations evolve throughout the composing…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Reading, Comprehension, Persuasive Discourse
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Hassel, Holly; Giordano, Joanne Baird – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2009
In this essay, the authors describe the results of a scholarship of teaching and learning project that conducted a qualitative study of the writing development of 21 student writers during the first year of college, tracking their progress in an English 101 course and following them as they moved into the core, transfer-level composition course.…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Basic Writing, Rhetoric, Classroom Research
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Imants, Jeroen; van de Ven, Piet-Hein – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2011
A team of secondary school language teachers and a teacher trainer developed a new method for Dutch writing instruction. The principles underlying the method were derived from insights regarding activating instruction and self-directed student learning. The development entailed two phases. In the first phase, the exploration of actual problems in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Development, Writing Instruction, Instructional Design
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
McDermott, Mark A.; Hand, Brian – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2010
This study aims to add to the growing research related to the implementation of non-traditional writing tasks in classrooms to encourage science literacy. A secondary reanalysis methodology was employed to review student interviews collected as a part of several individual studies during a ten year research program. This method established an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Literacy, Transcripts (Written Records), Coding
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Rozumalski, Lynn P.; Graves, Michael F. – Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 1995
Finds that case assignments used in a college business composition course generally produced more effective writing products than did traditional model assignments. Suggests that the writing processes and attitudes involved in the case assignments were highly sensitive to audience and context, whereas those involved in the traditional assignments…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Higher Education, Writing Assignments, Writing Attitudes
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Johnson, Julie; And Others – Clearing House, 1993
Describes a qualitative study of the practices of 12 teachers as they used writing activities in the classrooms. Presents examples of integration of writing and subject matter. (SR)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Content Area Writing, Secondary Education, Teacher Behavior
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Ziegler, William W. – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1991
Describes a classroom project conducted at Mary Washington College to examine students' awareness of the demands posed by the various academic writing tasks required during the semester; discover how that awareness develops with experience; and orient new students to the roles writing plays in their academic lives. (DMM)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, College Students, Colleges, Higher Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Comstock, Mary – Language Arts, 1992
Presents a case study of poetry writing in a fifth grade classroom. Shows not only how writing and reading come together but also how children come together with each other and with published poets. (RS)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Brophy, Jere – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1992
Describes one fifth grade teacher's approach to the teaching of U.S. history. Reveals that the teacher limited breadth of coverage in favor of an approach that sought to connect themes and facts. Explains that the teacher incorporated language arts teaching, storytelling, writing assignments, and cooperative learning activities. (SG)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, Cooperative Learning, Grade 5
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Sperling, Melanie; Woodlief, Laura – Research in the Teaching of English, 1997
Investigates how classroom communities were created to support students' writing in two contrasting grade-10 English classrooms: one in a low-income urban school with a diverse population, one in a middle-class suburban school. Analyzes class discussions to see how they functioned in creating community. Portrays writing in both classrooms as…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Communities