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Teng, Mark Feng; Yue, Mei – Metacognition and Learning, 2023
The present study adopted the structural equation modeling approach to examine Chinese university students' metacognition, critical thinking skills, and academic writing. In particular, this research explored whether awareness in metacognition can foster critical thinking and, thus, lead to enhancement in academic writing. The measure for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Academic Language, Metacognition
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Madeleine Mejia – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2024
This qualitative study investigated the influence of Metawriting, or "writing about writing," on fifth-grade students' knowledge of writing and proficiency in composing informative essays. Using a Think-TalkWrite model, students explored their existing writing knowledge and experiences, analyzed their essays using genre-specific tools,…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Process Approach (Writing), Writing Instruction, Metacognition
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O'Sullivan, Íde; Hart, D. Alexis; Holmes, Ashley J.; Knutson, Anna V.; Sinha, Yogesh; Yancey, Kathleen Blake – Composition Forum, 2022
This article draws on examples of student interviews incorporating multiple modalities to explore the writing lives of students as part of a larger project focusing on participants' experiences of writing within and beyond the university. We explain this innovative, iterative research method combining multiple texts and maps, characterizing it as…
Descriptors: Writing Research, Writing (Composition), Writing Processes, Interviews
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Segal, Aviva; Martin-Chang, Sandra; Patel, Shaneha – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2021
While research demonstrates the important role parents play in facilitating children's literacy development, little is known about the knowledge that underpins these exchanges. Here, we examined the association between parents' reading-related knowledge (phonological awareness, knowledge of syllable patterns, and identification of regular and…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Feedback (Response), Writing (Composition), Phonological Awareness
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Wilson, Joshua; Wen, Huijing – Elementary School Journal, 2022
This study investigated fourth and fifth graders' metacognitive knowledge about writing and its relationship to writing performance to help identify areas that might be leveraged when designing effective writing instruction. Students' metacognitive knowledge was probed using a 30-minute informative writing prompt requiring students to teach their…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Metacognition, Writing Attitudes, Writing (Composition)
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Deane, Paul – Educational Psychologist, 2018
This article argues for a conceptualization of school writing that emphasizes how cognitive and sociocultural factors interact. In academic, professional, and affinity-based communities, an emphasis on standards of quality drives the adoption of such practices as revision and peer and expert review. In school, everyday writing practices center…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Cognitive Ability, Social Influences, Cultural Influences
Smagorinsky, Peter – 1990
A study investigated the composing process to examine why different types of instruction have different effects on composing products. The study contrasted three treatments: (1) presenting students with models (the traditional method); (2) the general procedures approach stressing freethinking process; and (3) a method stressing task-specific…
Descriptors: Criteria, Higher Education, Knowledge Level, Protocol Analysis