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Johnson, Mark D.; Mercado, Leonardo; Acevedo, Anthony – Journal of Second Language Writing, 2012
This study contributes to L2 writing research which seeks to tie predictions of the Limited Attentional Capacity Model (Skehan, 1998; Skehan & Foster, 2001) and Cognition Hypothesis (Robinson, 2001, 2005, 2011a, 2011b) to models of working memory in L1 writing (Kellogg, 1996). The study uses a quasi-experimental research design to investigate…
Descriptors: Research Design, Writing Research, Grammar, Oral Language
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Abdel Latif, Muhammad M. – International Journal of English Studies, 2008
Writing researchers have developed various methods for investigating the writing process since the 1970s. The early 1980s saw the occurrence of the real-time computer-aided study of the writing process that relies on the protocols generated by recording the computer screen activities as writers compose using the word processor. This article…
Descriptors: Writing Processes, Investigations, Computer Managed Instruction, Educational History
Jackson, Rex – 1985
A study assessed the effects of the Mason program (a supplementary language arts program in which expository writing is introduced) on writing skills, such as writing mechanics, expression, and related thinking skills. These skills were measured by standardized tests and by actual writing performance. Subjects, approximately 400 second grade…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Expository Writing, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
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Wilkinson, Andrew; And Others – Language Arts, 1983
Describes a British writing assessment project intended to discern age-specific characteristics of writing and the project's subsequent assessment model. Evaluates samples of two kinds of writing, autobiography and argument, using the model. (HTH)
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries
Smith, Eugene – 1984
Recognizing the need to assess the long term effects of composition instruction, a study was conducted to determine whether students could remember significant aspects of a writing course up to two years later, to discern their assessment of the effects of the course on their subsequent writing attitudes, and to solicit suggestions based on…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Influences, Program Effectiveness
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DeGroff, Linda-Jo Caple; Leu, Donald J., Jr. – 1986
A study examined three recent language arts textbook programs for grades one through six to determine the frequency of writing activities, the nature of the writing tasks, and the frequency of process-approach activities such as selecting topics, prewriting, sharing, revising, and publishing. The programs analyzed were Scott, Foresman's "Language:…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Elementary Education, Instructional Materials, Language Arts
Holbrook, Hilary Taylor – 1984
Intended for administrators and policy makers as well as teachers, this digest explores the components common to effective writing programs. The digest first discusses activities at the classroom level as the foundation of a successful writing program and elements that should be included in classroom instruction, such as the process approach to…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Content Area Writing, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Thomas, Michael D. – 1994
A study examined methods for helping students earn their Literacy Passport, mandated for all students by the Virginia Department of Education, prior to entering the ninth grade, beginning in grade 6. Teachers were trained at North Accomack Elementary School (Virginia) in the use and implementation of the writing process and in writing to a prompt.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Literacy
Krendl, Kathy A.; Dodd, Julie – 1987
To evaluate the effectiveness of a new writing curriculum in the Oak Ridge Schools (Tennessee), modeled after the process-oriented National Writing Project, a three-year study of student writing was conducted. The study consisted of evaluating writing samples collected from 90 students in grades 3 through 12 over 3 consecutive years, and surveying…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement, Language Arts, Parent Attitudes