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Ögulmus, Kürsat; Melekoglu, Macid Ayhan – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2021
Since specific learning disabilities (SLD) are widely observed among students with special needs, it is considered in the high-incidence disabilities category of special education. Students with SLD experience academic problems in reading, writing and mathematics, and difficulty in written expression is among their prominent characteristics. The…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Students with Disabilities, Writing Skills, Skill Development
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Konuk, Sümeyye; Ören, Zeyneb; Benzer, Ahmet; Sefer, Aysegül – Educational Research and Reviews, 2016
Summarizing is restating the most important ideas from an original text briefly. Students often need summary writing skill along the education life since it provides understanding and remembering the reading material. This study aims to apply book summary writing strategy which is based on in-class implementations, and to develop the students book…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Strategies, Skill Development, Writing Skills
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Wichadee, Saovapa – Research in Education, 2014
The study investigated how transactional strategies could improve undergraduate students' reading and writing abilities. A quasi-experimental study was performed with two groups of students. Students in the control group were taught by the traditional method, while students in the experimental group were taught by transactional strategies. The…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Writing Skills, Skill Development, Scores
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Williams, Bonnie J. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2013
The 1974 Conference on College Composition and Communication's (CCCC) resolution declaring "Students' Right to Their Own Language" (SRTOL) defends the rights of students and all other writers to use different varieties of English (see Committee on CCCC Language Statement, 1974). In addition, the 1988 CCCC adoption of the National…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Teaching Methods, Language Usage, Language Variation
McCoy, Leah P., Ed. – Online Submission, 2013
This document presents the proceedings of the 18th Annual Research Forum held June 26, 2013, at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Included are the following 13 action research papers: (1) Developing Oral Language Ability in the Secondary Spanish Classroom Using the Interpersonal and Presentational Modes of Communication…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Student Attitudes, Literacy, Teaching Methods
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Jenson, Jill D. – International Journal of ePortfolio, 2011
The role of reflection in the learning process has taken on new significance in a digital environment. The potential of using innovative teaching methods to prompt first-year writing students to self-regulate learning behaviors and write more critical reflection statements when using electronic portfolios was studied over eight fall semesters.…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Electronic Publishing, Self Management, Critical Thinking
Mahaffey, Cynthia – 2000
In first year college composition classes, teachers often encounter "writing-resisters"--students who enact their disrespect, students who feel they are better off flirting, students who refuse to turn in papers. In addition, there are students for whom writing seems irrelevant. Teachers can articulate to students verbally and in…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, College Curriculum, College Instruction, Course Descriptions