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Download full textGoldstein, Arnold A.; Carr, Peggy G. – NAEPfacts, 1996
This edition of "NAEPfacts" discusses the frequency with which process-oriented activities are taught in United States schools, and the writing performance of students whose teachers emphasize these activities. Data were drawn from the 1992 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in Writing, which was administered to a…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 12, Grade 4, Grade 8
Knudson, Ruth E. – 1989
A study was conducted to test the effectiveness of four instructional strategies on students' writing. Students, 138 fourth, sixth, and eighth graders in a semi-rural school district in southern California, were instructed in informational writing through one of four instructional strategies: (1) presentation of model pieces of writing; (2)…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Grade 4, Grade 6, Grade 8
Gentile, Claudia A.; And Others – 1995
Based on a survey conducted in 1992 by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), a study examined the types of writing students performed in school, the quality of their classroom writing, and the relationship between their classroom writing and their performance on the NAEP writing assessment. A nationally representative subgroup of…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 8, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Applebee, Arthur N.; And Others – 1986
Based on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 1984 assessment of the writing achievement of American school children, this report presents national and demographic subgroup achievement results for students in grades four, eight, and eleven, and discusses students' attitudes toward writing and instruction. The first chapter…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Critical Thinking, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
