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Peer reviewedFitzgerald, Jill – Review of Educational Research, 1987
A historical perspective on revision in writing and a contemporary definition of revision are presented. A review of research methods for examining revision indicates that the evolving methods mirror the recent reconceptualization of revision by enabling investigation of meaningful revision activities and the revision process. (TJH)
Descriptors: Educational History, Literature Reviews, Research Methodology, Revision (Written Composition)
Peer reviewedFitzgerald, Jill – Reading Teacher, 1988
Examines current views on revision, and notes the importance of nurturing students' revision abilities. Presents three successful approaches to teaching revision, including: naturalistic classroom support, direct instruction in the problem-solving revision process, and procedural facilitation of revision. (MM)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Problem Solving, Revision (Written Composition)
Peer reviewedFitzgerald, Jill; Stamm, Carol – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1992
Describes the influence of writing conferences on revision knowledge and revision activity for an initially knowledgeable first grade reviser and a relatively naive one. Finds variable conference influence, with only the initially naive writer profiting significantly and evidencing clear developmental progress in revision. (SR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Grade 1, Instructional Effectiveness, Primary Education
Peer reviewedFitzgerald, Jill – Reading Teacher, 1989
Describes author-reader-text interactions which play roles in both revision in writing and critical reading. Examines the processes of revision in writing and critical reading as thought processes mirroring one another. Presents two examples of group classroom activities which nurture revision in both writing and critical reading. (MM)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Critical Reading, Elementary Education, Reader Text Relationship
Download full textFitzgerald, Jill; Stamm, Carol – 1990
A study described the influence of writing conferences on revision knowledge and revision activity for an initially knowledgeable first-grade reviser and a relatively naive one. Subjects, two first-grade students in a whole language classroom, were chosen from the 16 students in the class for close study. Data analysis consisted of reading all of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Instructional Effectiveness
Fitzgerald, Jill; Markham, Lynda R. – 1987
A study investigated the effects of direct instruction in the process of revision on students' knowledge of the revision process, their ability to make revisions on paper, and the quality of their writing. Subjects, 30 sixth grade students, were divided into an experimental and a control group. The experimental group received instruction in the…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Knowledge Level, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedFitzgerald, Jill; Stamm, Carol – Written Communication, 1990
Investigates teacher-student conferences' influence on first graders' revision activity and knowledge about revision. Finds the most positive effects occurred for students who began with the least amount of knowledge about revision, who previously were doing the least amount of revision, and who were writing pieces judged among the lowest in…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Classroom Research, Grade 1, Primary Education
