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Gardner, Paul; Kuzich, Sonja – Issues in Educational Research, 2022
For over a decade, there has been growing concern about declining 'standards' of school students' writing (Gardner, 2018; Wyatt-Smith & Jackson, 2020). Teachers' own writing experiences and writer identities are important considerations in developing teacher preparedness and skill in the teaching of writing. It cannot be assumed that…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Preservice Teachers, Readiness, Writing Instruction
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Olson, Mary W. – Reading Teacher, 1984
Uses findings from story grammar research to create guidelines to help students in writing book reports and describes applications of the guidelines as they were used in a second and a fifth grade classroom. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Knowledge Level, Reading Comprehension
Ball, Deborah Loewenberg; Mosenthal, James H. – 1990
This paper considers the role that teacher educators accord to subject matter knowledge in helping teachers to change their practice. Two inservice programs that aim to effect radical change in teachers' practices are examined, one focusing on the teaching of mathematics and the other on the teaching of writing. Drawing on data from interviews and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Intellectual Disciplines
Gearhart, Maryl; And Others – 1994
This report documents the content and impact of an in-service program designed to enhance elementary school teachers' competence in narrative writing assessment. The program "Writing What You Read" was designed to help teachers and students make substantive assessments of texts. The program, which focused on a portfolio approach, was conducted…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Practices, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students