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Chen, Julian ChengChiang; Brown, Kimberly Lynn – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2012
The majority of writing tasks assigned to second language (L2) learners tend to target an abstract audience and the writing generated is not meant for real or meaningful purposes. The emergence of Web 2.0 concepts has created a potential educational environment where students have access to a widely distributed, authentic audience with a simple…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Writing Assignments, English (Second Language), English Language Learners
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Yi, Youngjoo – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2010
Within a social view of literacy, this paper reports a two-year ethnographic case study of an adolescent multilingual writer, with respect to her transitions across in-school (i.e., Creative Writing class) and out-of-school writing contexts. This study was aimed to address two specific gaps in the fields of second language (L2) writing and…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Multilingualism, Adolescents, Case Studies
Soiferman, Lisa Karen – Online Submission, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate the challenges faced by first-year students as they negotiated the transition from the writing environment of high school to the writing environment of university. The research for the dissertation was undertaken using a mixed-method explanatory design. This yielded a description of students'…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Barriers, Writing (Composition), Mixed Methods Research
Panayotova, Dora Marinova – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation reports on a study investigating the identity of first-year university students as writers. The longitudinal project explored how students from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds construct their identities as undergraduates and as academic writers in their first year. The research was qualitative and interpretative, and used…
Descriptors: Self Concept, College Freshmen, Interviews, Student Attitudes
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Love, Angela; Burns, M. Susan; Buell, Martha Jane – Young Children, 2007
Writing activities are an essential part of quality literacy practices in early care and education settings. As children communicate through writing, they learn important concepts about books and other forms of print in the world around them, including writing and alphabet systems. Young children best understand and appreciate writing when it is…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Educational Environment, Emergent Literacy, Writing Assignments
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Sperling, Melanie; Woodlief, Laura – Research in the Teaching of English, 1997
Investigates how classroom communities were created to support students' writing in two contrasting grade-10 English classrooms: one in a low-income urban school with a diverse population, one in a middle-class suburban school. Analyzes class discussions to see how they functioned in creating community. Portrays writing in both classrooms as…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Communities
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Smidt, Jon – Written Communication, 2002
This article enters an ongoing discussion about the usefulness of different theories and different research designs in the analysis of classroom writing. Starting with questions about how students interpret the norms of writing and their own selves in school writing, it demonstrates the relevance of an ecological theory of writing,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Writing (Composition), Writing Assignments, Writing Skills
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Englert, Carol Sue; Manalo, Maragaret; Zhao, Yong – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2004
The purpose of this study was to examine how a Web-based software program impacted lower elementary students' composition of personal narratives when using a supported paragraph activity. The subjects in this experiment were first and second grade students in a multi-age classroom in a low socio-economic urban community. The participants were…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Writing (Composition)