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Peer reviewedNewell, George E. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1984
Examines how school writing tasks (notetaking, answering study questions, and essay writing) interact with three measures of learning (recall, concept application, and gain in passage-specific knowledge). (HOD)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Content Area Writing, Grade 11
Peer reviewedNorth, Stephen M. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1986
Examines the relationship between writing and learning in a college-level writing-across-the-curriculum class in philosophy. Results provide a basis for speculation about the conception of the writing/learning relationship and about the viability of further hermeneutical study of student writing. (SRT)
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Integrated Activities
Peer reviewedSlater, Wayne H.; And Others – Research in the Teaching of English, 1988
Reports on a study using 126 university freshmen to examine the effects of instruction and practice in a discourse structure reading and writing strategy focusing on main ideas, supporting ideas, and central ideas. Indicates the discourse structure treatment is effective and worthy of further study. (NH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, College Freshmen, Content Area Writing, Discourse Analysis
