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Erica B. McClure; Robert C. Pennington; Stacy Crawford Bewley – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2024
Students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often present with difficulties in writing performance. Despite the importance of writing to achieving positive academic, employment, and social outcomes, relatively little research has been conducted examining the effects of intervention on the writing performance of individuals with ASD. Previous…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Evidence Based Practice, Students with Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Traga Philippakos, Zoi A. – Journal of Education, 2022
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine principals' perspectives on a model of professional development (PD) in writing. Participants were 14 principals and seven assistants from a rural district's K to 12 school system who shared in an interview their challenges and advice for effective PD at a building and district level. Their…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Principals, Rural Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
Cremin, Teresa; Myhill, Debra; Eyres, Ian; Nash, Tricia; Wilson, Antony; Oliver, Lucy – Literacy, 2020
In the context of renewed interest in teachers' identities as writers and the writers as artist-educators, this paper reports upon the findings of "Teachers as Writers" (2015-2017). A collaborative partnership between two universities and a creative writing foundation, the study sought to determine the impact of writers' engagement with…
Descriptors: Authors, Writing Instruction, Classroom Techniques, Program Effectiveness
Slavin, Robert E.; Lake, Cynthia; Inns, Amanda; Baye, Ariane; Dachet, Dylan; Haslam, Jonathan – Center for Research and Reform in Education, 2019
This paper reviews research on outcomes of writing programs for students in grades 2 to 12. Studies had to meet rigorous standards of research including use of randomized or well-matched control groups, measures independent of the program developers, researchers, and teachers, and adequate sample size and duration. Fourteen studies of 12 programs…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Writing Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Effectiveness
Goldhaber, Dan; Krieg, John; Theobald, Roddy – Grantee Submission, 2020
We use a novel database of the preservice apprenticeships ("student teaching placements") of teachers in Washington State to investigate the relationship between mentor effectiveness (as measured by value added) and the future effectiveness of their mentees. We find a strong, positive relationship between the effectiveness of a teacher's…
Descriptors: Mentors, Preservice Teachers, Correlation, Teacher Effectiveness
Wang, Jia; Herman, Joan L.; Epstein, Scott; Leon, Seth; La Torre, Deborah; Bozeman, Velette – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2020
The Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) was created to support teachers in implementing college and career readiness standards in order to teach literacy skills throughout the content areas. Teachers work collaboratively with coaches to further develop their expertise and design standards-driven, literacy-rich writing assignments within their…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Literacy Education, Skill Development
McCombs, Jennifer Sloan; Augustine, Catherine H.; Unlu, Fatih; Ziol-Guest, Kathleen M.; Naftel, Scott; Gomez, Celia J.; Marsh, Terry; Akinniranye, Goke; Todd, Ivy – RAND Corporation, 2019
Research evidence suggests that summer breaks contribute to income-based achievement and opportunity gaps for children and youth. However, summertime can also be used to provide programs that support an array of goals for children and youth, including improved academic achievement, physical health, mental health, social and emotional well-being,…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Access to Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Pratt-Williams, Jaunelle; Corcoran, Thomas – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2015
In 2007, the Columbia University Middle East Research Center (CUMERC), with the support and patronage of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, facilitated the founding of the Queen Rania Teacher Academy (QRTA) to help advance education in Jordan and throughout the Middle East. Through CUMERC, QRTA and Teachers College, Columbia University (TC)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Networks, Faculty Development, Teacher Improvement
Obery, Angela D. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This qualitative study examined the influence of the 2011 Oregon Writing Project (OWP) Summer Institute (SI) on the professional development of six teachers in the following ways: 1. The development of case descriptions of teachers' personal and professional backgrounds relevant to their teaching of writing. 2. An examination of the effects of the…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Summer Programs, Institutes (Training Programs), Inservice Teacher Education
Cochran-Smith, Marilyn; Gleeson, Ann Marie; Mitchell, Kara – Berkeley Review of Education, 2010
There are many controversies related to the increasingly widespread theme of "social justice" in teacher education, including debates about whether and/or how promoting pupils' learning is part of this theme. This article briefly discusses the concept of teacher education for social justice in terms of pupils' learning and then considers…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Teacher Education Programs, Qualitative Research, Teacher Competencies
Turley, Eric D.; Gallagher, Chris W. – English Journal, 2008
Reframing the Great Rubric Debate beyond the taking of sides, Eric D. Turley and Chris W. Gallagher propose a set of questions designed to help educators assess the value of rubrics: (1) What is the tool for?; (2) In what context is it used?; (3) Who decides:; and (4) What ideological agenda drives those decisions? They contend that these four…
Descriptors: Scoring Rubrics, Teacher Attitudes, Student Evaluation, Writing Instruction
Andrews, Richard; Freeman, Allison; Hou, Dan; McGuinn, Nick; Robinson, Alison; Zhu, Judy – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2007
The last few years have seen an increase in research studies on the impact and effectiveness of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the teaching and learning of English as a school subject. It is against that research background and against recent developments in policy and practice in the UK that the present systematic review of…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, English Instruction, Information Technology, Educational Technology
Gallehr, Don – Quarterly of the National Writing Project and the Center for the Study of Writing and Literacy, 1992
Discusses the experiences (reading, scoring, discussing, reviewing, refining of scoring, etc.) of a participant in the first-ever competitive review of all sites of the National Writing Project. Notes that the participant read many applications from sites that "lived" the model on which the project is based. (RS)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation

Couillard, Robert G. – NASSP Bulletin, 1981
Discusses the Bay Area Writing Project's offshoot, the National Writing Project (NWP). Describes the NWP's development, design, attributes, and limitations. The program's success depends upon the commitment of administrators and all teachers, not just those teaching English. (WD)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Effectiveness, Teacher Role

Parson, Gail – 1986
This booklet documents the first 5 years of the Alaska State Writing Consortium, an association made up of 45 Alaska school districts, the Alaska Department of Education, and the University of Alaska. The Consortium, which oversees the organization and implementation of teacher training programs in writing and the teaching of writing, has five…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Descriptions, Program Effectiveness