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Lindamarie Olson; Debra Des Vignes; Amy McLean; Bailey Wester; Uche Nwatu – Journal of Prison Education Research, 2025
Objective: The present study describes the development of the Indiana Prison Writers Workshop (IPWW), a creative writing workshop, based in group theory and designed for incarcerated settings. Methods: Quantitative evaluation data from IPWW workshops conducted from 2023-2024 were analyzed using IBM SPSS V. 29. Prior to the workshop, 149 men…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Writing Workshops, Creative Writing
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Yusuf Kiziltas; Emrah Kultas – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
Web 2.0 tools for teaching purposes in schools are quite common. With Web 2.0 tools, students have the opportunity to both have fun and learn. Thus, students' willingness and motivation towards writing increases. Students whose writing motivation increases can write creatively in the process. The main purpose of this research is to reveal the…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Technology Uses in Education, Student Motivation, Writing (Composition)
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Mostafa, Nahed Mohamed; Alghamdi, Jawaher – International Journal of Education and Practice, 2022
The aim of this study was to use the available tools in Learning Management Systems (LMS) environments in developing essay writing skills among the students of College of Science and Humanities Studies in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. This was done by constructing a digital content in the literary essay based on developing essay skills as a form of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Management Systems, Essays, Writing Skills
Al-Sayed, Rania Kamal Muhammad; Abdel-Haq, Eman Muhammad; El-Deeb, Mervat Abou-Bakr; Ali, Mahsoub Abdel-Sadeq – Online Submission, 2016
The present study aimed at developing the memoir writing skills as a creative non-fiction genre of second year distinguished governmental language preparatory school pupils using the a WebQuest model. Fifty participants from second year at Hassan Abu-Bakr Distinguished Governmental Language School at Al-Qanater Al-Khairia(Qalubia Governorate) were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autobiographies, Personal Narratives, Writing Skills
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Kanala, Sari; Nousiainen, Tuula; Kankaanranta, Marja – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the use of the prototype of a mobile application for the enhancement of children's motivation for writing. The results are explored from students' and experts' perspectives. Design/methodology/approach: This study is based on a field trial and expert evaluations of a prototype of a mobile…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Writing Skills, Childrens Writing, Elementary School Students
Jones, Leona L. – Schools in the Middle, 1995
Examines the role of journal-keeping in the middle-school language curriculum. Suggests that continued writing leads to fluency in writing and reading, but students must be allowed space to practice this process. Using journals and associated activities provide students the space they need so they can actually begin to enjoy the writing process.…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Journal Writing
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Hertz-Lazarowitze, Rachel – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2004
Research literature on writing storybooks overlooks first graders. This is puzzling as children enter first grade having emergent literacy, in reading, writing, and story composition. It may reflect the belief that at this age children should learn to read and write (conventionally) as the curriculum demands, while elaborate writing is assumed to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 1, Writing (Composition), Literacy Education
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Yang, Jie Chi; Ko, Hwa Wei; Chung, I. Ling – Educational Technology & Society, 2005
This study reports the development and evaluation of a web-based interactive writing environment designed for elementary school students. The environment includes three writing themes, "story pass on", "story chameleon" and "thousand ideas", to encourage reading comprehension, creativity and problem-solving skills of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Reading Comprehension, Socialization, Creative Writing