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Matheson, Carol – 1980
A study examined whether using a tree diagram (a graphic, multidimensional classification device) as a prewriting organizer would provide students with a systematic method of searching for and organizing the content of their descriptive writing to meet some communication goal. One-hundred twenty-three seventh grade students were classified as…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Descriptive Writing, Diagrams, Grade 7
Duin, Ann Hill – 1983
A study investigated the effects of preteaching vocabulary on students' performance of a writing task targeted to the use of those words. Subjects were 50 fourth grade and 55 sixth grade students. Materials included a pretest narrative writing assignment, a 10-word vocabulary pretest and posttest, a vocabulary instructional booklet with teacher's…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Grade 4, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
