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Olson, Carol Booth; Land, Robert – Research in the Teaching of English, 2008
These two recipients of this year's Alan C. Purves Award reflect on their work (reported in "RTE" Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 269-303) on "A Cognitive Strategies Approach to Reading and Writing Instruction for English Language Learners in Secondary School" and the lessons they learned from their original research study as they tried to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Educational Practices, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods
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Greene, Stuart – Research in the Teaching of English, 1993
Examines how two different writing tasks of writing from sources influence students' thinking in reading and writing. Finds that students interpreted the two tasks differently but showed no differences in the proportion of prior knowledge included, nor in learning. (SR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing
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Schneider, Jenifer Jasinski – Research in the Teaching of English, 2003
Examines both the complex writing performance of three students in a 2nd-3rd grade class and the instructional strategies of their teacher, focusing on the interplay between the children's strategy use and the teacher's instruction. Contributes to theories of writing development by recasting children's writing as performance within the differing…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes, Educational Strategies