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Peer reviewedPeyton, Joy Kreeft; And Others – Research in the Teaching of English, 1990
Compares the written production of 12 sixth grade English-as-a-second-language (ESL) students on 3 teacher-assigned tasks with their writing to the teacher in dialogue journals. Finds that the quantity and maturity of the dialogue journal writing was at least equivalent to the assigned writing on all measures. (RS)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dialog Journals, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedJampole, Ellen S.; And Others – Reading Psychology, 1991
Examines the effects of mental imagery instruction on 37 gifted fourth and fifth grade students' creative writing and development of imagery vividness. Finds that treatment subjects significantly outperformed control subjects on originality and use of sensory descriptions but not on writing length. (MG)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Gifted, Grade 4, Grade 5
