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McQuitty, Vicki – Research in the Teaching of English, 2012
In order to prepare effective writing teachers, teacher educators need an understanding of how preservice preparation programs, inservice professional development, and the policies and practices of K-12 schools work together to influence teachers' writing instruction. This qualitative case study uses complexity theory (Davis & Sumara, 2006) to…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Elementary Education, Writing Teachers, Educational Policy

Schumacher, Gary M.; Nash, Jane Gradwohl – Research in the Teaching of English, 1991
Reviews recent complex and somewhat confusing evidence on writing-to-learn. Draws on the field of cognitive psychology to offer a way to reconceptualize how researchers might approach the study of the impact of writing on learning. Considers five methods for assessing structural changes in knowledge due to writing. (MG)
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Research Design

McCarthy, Lucille Parkinson; Fishman, Stephen M. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1991
Explores the learning experiences of college students in an Introduction to Philosophy course and the learning experiences of research collaborators themselves. Finds that learning involves juxtaposing conflicting ways of knowing and that learning occurs when authority for knowledge is redistributed. (PRA)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, College Students, Educational Research, Higher Education

Coomber, James E.; And Others – Research in the Teaching of English, 1986
Investigates whether students could more easily remember synthetic words by rehearsing with definitions, examples, or sentence composing. Concludes that students who used sentence composing performed better on a posttest than those who had rehearsed using examples and definitions. (SRT)
Descriptors: Definitions, Higher Education, Language Processing, Language Research