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Leanne Havis – Journal of Response to Writing, 2022
Metacognition emphasizes an awareness and understanding of one's thoughts and cognitive processes, along with management of cognition through multiple strategies, including organizing, monitoring, and adapting. Before students can truly become effective writers, they must develop an appreciation for the amount of planning, organization, and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Freshmen, Writing Assignments, Writing Evaluation
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Chen, Yan; Smith, Thomas J.; York, Cindy S.; Mayall, Hayley J. – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2020
The purpose of this study is to examine the incorporation of Google Earth Virtual Reality (VR) into English Learners' (ELs) expository writing experiences from a Funds of Knowledge perspective utilizing a mixed-methods explanatory sequential design. The participants were 22 ELs from a middle school in a rural Midwestern town. During the…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, English Language Learners
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Mongillo, Geraldine; Wilder, Hilary – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2012
This qualitative study focused on at-risk college freshmen's ability to read and write expository text using game-like, online expository writing activities. These activities required participants to write descriptions of a target object so that peers could guess what the object was, after which they were given the results of those guesses as…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), College Freshmen, Expository Writing, Reading Strategies