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Humeyra Uysal; Sabri Sidekli – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2023
This study aimed to determine the effect of mind mapping on story writing skills of the students. A pre-test, a post-test, and a semi-experimental research design were used in this study. The study group consisted of a total of 86 third-grade students; 33 students from the experimental group, 23 students from the control 1 group, and 30 students…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 3
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Burgmayer, Paul – Science Teacher, 2011
"A Tale of Four Electrons" is a creative writing assignment used with 10th-grade Honors Chemistry students. The project helps students consolidate their learning about bonding--an important unifying theme in chemistry--and answers questions such as (1) How are ionic, metallic, and covalent bonds related? (2) How do variations in electron…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Creative Writing, Chemistry, Writing Exercises
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Rowinsky-Geurts, Mercedes – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2010
The purpose of the conference presentation upon which this paper is inspired was to present an innovative approach to motivate students to write in a second language during a first-year Spanish class. Usually, students comply with writing exercises that convey basic thoughts, due to constrained vocabulary and limited knowledge of grammatical…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Writing (Composition), Writing Exercises
Reissman, Rose – Writing Notebook: Visions for Learning, 1993
Offers 2 favorite writing activities for the computer lab: (1) students write about 100 words of the beginning and end of a favorite fiction book, while another student fills in the middle; and (2) students choose from 1 of 3 plot twists, write at least 5 sentences, and then write 3 more plot twists for the next student. (SR)
Descriptors: Computers, Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Writing Assignments