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Marcus, Margery – 1994
A practicum was designed to improve the internal and external editing skills of high school students so that their papers would reflect thought and care. The target population was 67 regular level tenth grade English students in a predominantly middle class high school in southeastern Florida. A combination of strategies were used to improve…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Editing, Grade 10, High Schools
Lambert, Glenda M. S. – 1999
A program was implemented to help improve 12th grade Honors English students' writing skills through conferencing. The targeted group consisted of 13 students who experienced difficulties in writing effective written pieces. Their writing included fragments, run-on sentences, and improper use of punctuation. On the Stanford Achievement Test given…
Descriptors: Grade 12, High Schools, Honors Curriculum, Instructional Effectiveness
Kuhns, Madeline Fisher – 1989
A metacognitive approach to written language instruction was implemented to ameliorate the severe deficits in written language exhibited by five learning-disabled third and fourth graders. The 10-week program contained two basic elements: sustained writing practice, and strategy training for revision of written projects. The sustained writing…
Descriptors: Dialog Journals, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies