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The Impacts of Outlining and Free Writing Strategies on the Quality of Japanese L2 Academic Writing
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Shekarabi, Zeinab – International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Higher Education, 2017
Much research has been completed that focused on the role of drafting strategies in first language (L1) writing, but its role in second language (L2) writing is missing. The present study investigated the impact of outlining and free writing strategies on L2 academic writing in terms of overall quality, as well as more specifically in terms of…
Descriptors: Writing Strategies, Academic Language, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning
The Prewriting of Unsuccessful Writers on Timed Writing Competence Tests.
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Chiste, Katherine Beaty; O'Shea, Judith – English Quarterly, 1990
Examines the characteristics of prewriting activities of unsuccessful writers who took the Alberta Universities' Writing Competence Test. Finds that the students' limited and ineffective use of prewriting strategies interferes with their ability to generate and develop ideas in writing a timed essay. (KEH)
Descriptors: Essay Tests, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Prewriting
On the Identification of Critical Variables in Written Composition Instruction. SCO Cahier No. 16.
Wesdorp, Hildo – 1983
One objective of the International Study of Achievement in Written Composition was to develop an instrument that could explore the relationships between instructional variables and educational results. Three levels of specificity were aimed at: (1) broad and general characteristics of the instructional process; (2) specific dimensions of native…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Measurement Techniques
Children's Interactions in Sustaining Writing: Studies in an English Primary School.
Shafer, Robert E. – 1980
Ten six- and seven-year-old British children were chosen for case study investigation of the importance of children's interactions with each other and with their teacher in launching writing through sustained speech. The school was identified by educational experts as one of the "progressive" or "informal" variety, where…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Foreign Countries
Success in Writing: A Classroom Study with Slower Learning Pupils in Three Scottish Secondary Schools. (S3/S4).
Peacock, Colin; Roger, Angela – 1984
A small scale research project involving teaching writing skills to slower learning students in three different Scottish schools is the focus of this volume. Chapter 1 discusses the context and nature of the project, while chapter 2 presents teachers' accounts of their professional practices in teaching writing, including their perceptions of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Educational Theories