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Mohr, Kathleen A. J. – Journal of Educational Research, 2017
This study compared 70 English learners (ELs) and English-only (EO) second-grade students' writing samples before and after a yearlong writing program. The school utilized Write From the Beginning (J. Buckner, 2006) and focused on personal narratives. A subgroup of students also participated in an intervention supporting expository writing on…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 2, English Language Learners, Writing (Composition)
Ling, Guangming – International Journal of Testing, 2016
To investigate possible iPad related mode effect, we tested 403 8th graders in Indiana, Maryland, and New Jersey under three mode conditions through random assignment: a desktop computer, an iPad alone, and an iPad with an external keyboard. All students had used an iPad or computer for six months or longer. The 2-hour test included reading, math,…
Descriptors: Educational Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Handheld Devices, Computers
Kalali, Nazanin Naderi; Pishkar, Kian – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
The main thrust of this study was to determine whether a genre-based instruction improve the writing proficiency of Iranian EFL learners. To this end, 30 homogenous Iranian BA learners studying English at Islamic Azad University, Bandar Abbas Branch were selected as the participants of the study through a version of TOEFL test as the proficiency…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Wardyga, Brian J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to reveal whether there is a relationship between students' volume of text messaging and formal writing performance on the Scholastic Aptitude Test writing section. The study also examined gender as a contributing variable in this measure. As a supplementary correlation, student text message volume was also compared…
Descriptors: Synchronous Communication, Telecommunications, Writing (Composition), High School Students
Penner, Irene Suzanne – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The study investigated the effects of the Cognitive Level and Quality Writing Assessment (CLAQWA) rubric on the cognitive skill and writing skill growth of college freshmen. The participants (n = 107) were enrolled in a composition course at a Midwestern state university. The nonequivalent control group design used quantitative analysis with…
Descriptors: Control Groups, College Freshmen, Writing (Composition), Writing Evaluation
Broer, Markus; Lee, Yong-Won; Rizavi, Saba; Powers, Don – ETS Research Report Series, 2005
Three polytomous DIF detection techniques--the Mantel test, logistic regression, and polySTAND--were used to identify GREĀ® Analytical Writing prompts ("Issue" and "Argument") that are differentially difficult for (a) female test takers; (b) African American, Asian, and Hispanic test takers; and (c) test takers whose strongest…
Descriptors: Culture Fair Tests, Item Response Theory, Test Items, Cues