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Download full textWhite, Edward M.; Polin, Linda G. – 1983
Materials pertinent to a study that surveyed and interviewed writing faculty and staff of the 19 campuses of The California State University are assembled in this volume. Various sections of the volume contain (1) a faculty questionnaire, (2) a campus fact sheet, (3) interview protocols for department chair and program coordinators, (4) a taxonomy…
Descriptors: College Faculty, English Curriculum, Higher Education, Program Effectiveness
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Div. of Quality Assurance. – 1986
During the 1985-1986 school year, the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) implemented the Writing to Read program, which is designed to improve the writing, language and vocabulary development, and reading of young children. The Planning, Monitoring, and Implementing (PMI) Evaluation Model for Decision Making was used to evaluate two…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Evaluation Methods, Grade 1, Kindergarten Children
Dusewicz, Russell A.; Beyer, Francine S. – 1990
This study examined the effectiveness of the first year of a project designed to support the use of computers to improve the writing skills of middle level students. Subjects, 2,285 students from all of the 16 school districts in Delaware, engaged in daily writing activities on computers using the process approach to writing. One teacher from each…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Elementary Education, Instructional Innovation
Dick, John A. R.; And Others – 1983
Intended for use in curriculum planning, course development, and program evaluation, this report contains data from a study of the writing abilities of entering freshman students at the University of Texas at El Paso. The first chapter of the report provides background information concerning the need for systematic assessment of the writing…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Content Area Writing, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
Casey, Jean M. – 1992
A study investigated the effectiveness of an adapted Writing to Read (WTR) program that focused on the writing process and included the "Stories and More" software for literature-based emphasis. Over 1000 writing portfolio samples were collected from kindergarten through second grade students in 29 classrooms in 6 California school…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Parent Attitudes, Primary Education, Process Approach (Writing)
