Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 1 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 3 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 5 |
Descriptor
| Content Area Writing | 8 |
| Essays | 8 |
| Writing Strategies | 8 |
| Teaching Methods | 5 |
| Writing Instruction | 5 |
| Expository Writing | 3 |
| Higher Education | 3 |
| Competition | 2 |
| Control Groups | 2 |
| Cooperative Learning | 2 |
| Educational Experiments | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Assessment for Effective… | 1 |
| Behavioral Disorders | 1 |
| Grantee Submission | 1 |
| International Journal of… | 1 |
| Mathematics and Computer… | 1 |
| Reading | 1 |
| Reading and Writing: An… | 1 |
Author
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 6 |
| Reports - Research | 5 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 1 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 1 |
Education Level
| Elementary Education | 2 |
| Higher Education | 2 |
| Early Childhood Education | 1 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
| Grade 3 | 1 |
| Grade 7 | 1 |
| Grade 8 | 1 |
| Middle Schools | 1 |
| Primary Education | 1 |
Audience
| Teachers | 2 |
| Practitioners | 1 |
Location
| Arizona | 2 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Gates MacGinitie Reading Tests | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Direct linkCollins, Alyson A.; Ciullo, Stephen; Graham, Steve; Sigafoos, Lisa L.; Guerra, Sara; David, Marie; Judd, Laura – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2021
This study examined the effectiveness of Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) to improve students' ability to write expository essays after reading social studies text. Third-grade general education teachers (N = 14) were randomly assigned by clusters to SRSD or a business as usual control condition. One hundred and eighty consented students…
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Essays, Social Studies, Elementary School Students
Weston-Sementelli, Jennifer L.; Allen, Laura K.; McNamara, Danielle S. – International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2018
Source-based essays are evaluated both on the quality of the writing and the content appropriate interpretation and use of source material. Hence, composing a high-quality source-based essay (an essay written based on source material) relies on skills related to both reading (the sources) and writing (the essay) skills. As such, source-based…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, Writing Instruction, Essays
Download full textWeston-Sementelli, Jennifer L.; Allen, Laura K.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2016
Source-based essays are evaluated both on the quality of the writing and the content appropriate interpretation and use of source material. Hence, composing a high-quality source-based essay (an essay written based on source material) relies on skills related to both reading (the sources) and writing (the essay) skills. As such, source-based…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, Reading Strategies, Content Area Writing
Hauth, Clara; Mastropieri, Margo; Scruggs, Tom; Regan, Kelley – Behavioral Disorders, 2013
Eight eighth-grade students identified as having emotional and/or behavioral disabilities participated in a multiple-baseline design study to assess the effects of teaching persuasive writing and applying writing in the civics content area. After baseline data were collected, two intervention phases were implemented. An instructional phase on…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Persuasive Discourse
Englert, Carol Sue; Mariage, Troy V.; Okolo, Cynthia M.; Shankland, Rebecca K.; Moxley, Kathleen D.; Courtad, Carrie Anna; Jocks-Meier, Barbara S.; O'Brien, J. Christian; Martin, Nicole M.; Chen, Hsin-Yuan – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2009
This study focuses on an examination of the learning-to-learn strategies of seventh-grade students as they highlight, take notes, plan, organize, and write expository texts. Participants consist of 125 students, 41 with disabilities and 84 without disabilities. The results reveal that the students with disabilities have more difficulties in using…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Disabilities, Metacognition, Grade 7
Peer reviewedSher, David – Mathematics and Computer Education, 1997
Describes a format for assignments that trains students to write short, persuasive essays. Essay topics address how software available in the computing lab can use a computing technique. Points are scored by making multiple concise arguments that answer different aspects of the essay question. (PVD)
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Content Area Writing, Essays, Higher Education
Medina, Suzanne L. – 1994
This paper describes a simple instructional approach which social science professors can use to teach the fundamentals of academic essay writing to their students. The paper discusses the evolution of this alternative writing approach--the instructional problems leading to its development as well as the process by which a solution was identified.…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Content Area Writing, Essays, Expository Writing
Peer reviewedHunter-Carsch, C. Morag – Reading, 1990
Deals with university faculty's and students' perceptions of essay-writing difficulties in examinations and on coursework and ways to improve these problems. Offers a framework for analyzing types of writing problems and offering support. (MG)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Content Area Writing, Essays, Higher Education
