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Traga Philippakos, Zoi A. – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2022
The paper explains the role of oral language and dialogic interactions in the development of individual thinking and reasoning processes. Collaborative reasoning and its contribution is explained while examples are shared to illustrate ways to scaffold students' questioning, meaning making, and writing in the context of read alouds during…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Cooperative Learning, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Debate
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Traga Philippakos, Zoi A. – Journal of Educational Research, 2020
The purpose of the study was to (a) design and examine the effects of a yearlong professional development model on the writing quality of 3rd to 5th graders across genres and on their teachers' confidence, and (b) to make revisions based on results and teacher's feedback. Participants were 11 teachers, 273 students, and a principal. The study had…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Literary Genres, Faculty Development
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Traga Philippakos, Zoi A.; MacArthur, Charles A.; Munsell, Sarah – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2018
The purpose of this study was to investigate how students in a developmental writing course at a community college used and adapted cognitive writing strategies learned in the course. The students participated in a funded research project for the development and evaluation of a writing curriculum based on self-regulated strategy instruction. The…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Writing Strategies, Writing (Composition)
Traga Philippakos, Zoi A.; MacArthur, Charles A.; Munsell, Sarah – Grantee Submission, 2018
The purpose of this study was to investigate how students who were enrolled in a developmental writing course at a community college used and adapted cognitive writing strategies learned in the course. The students participated in a funded research project for the development and evaluation of a writing curriculum based on self-regulated strategy…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Writing Strategies, Writing (Composition)
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MacArthur, Charles A.; Traga Philippakos, Zoi A.; May, Henry; Compello, Jill – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
The article presents the results of a randomized experimental study of a writing curriculum for college developmental writing courses based on strategy instruction with self-regulation integrated with practices common in college composition. Students in a full semester course learned strategies for planning and revising based on rhetorical…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Self Efficacy, Grammar, Student Motivation
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Traga Philippakos, Zoi A.; Munsell, Sarah; Robinson, Logan – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2019
The purpose of this study was to design and evaluate an instructional approach that combined strategy instruction with principles of dialogic pedagogy to improve the story writing of students in grades K-2 (n = 219). Specifically, drama, dialogic interactions, and oral retellings assisted learners with ideation, while strategies guided their…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Literacy Education, Learning Strategies, Teaching Methods