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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
Weston-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
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De La Paz, Susan; Monte-Sano, Chauncey; Felton, Mark; Croninger, Robert; Jackson, Cara; Piantedosi, Kelly Worland – Reading Research Quarterly, 2017
This study explored the extent to which an 18-day history and writing curriculum intervention, taught over the course of one year, helped culturally and academically diverse adolescents achieve important disciplinary literacy learning in history. Teachers used a cognitive apprenticeship form of instruction for the integration of historical reading…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Writing Instruction, Middle School Students, Grade 8
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Nurmilaakso, Marja – Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 2015
Over the last decades the nature and form of what children can choose to read has changed radically, partly as a consequence of rapid technological advances and the increasing dominance of the image. The research questions were: (1) "How do children learn to read and write by computer?"; (2) "How can one support children's learning…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Preschool Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teachers