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Kieft, Marleen; Rijlaarsdam, Gert; van den Bergh, Huub – Learning and Instruction, 2008
In this article, we propose to link the study of writing-to-learn to the theory of aptitude-treatment interaction (ATI). In an experimental study we examined the effects of a course on ''Writing-to-learn about literary stories'' consisting of writing tasks adapted to either a planning or a revising writing strategy. We hypothesized that the…
Descriptors: Writing Strategies, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Aptitude Treatment Interaction
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Torrance, Mark; Fidalgo, Raquel; Garcia, Jesus-Nicasio – Learning and Instruction, 2007
Seventy-one normally functioning Spanish sixth-grade students participated in classroom-based training in cognitive strategies for preplanning and substantive revision of expository text. Short essays completed by these students pre-intervention, post-intervention, and after a 12 week delay were compared with those of an ordinary-curriculum…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Grade 6