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Keen, John – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2022
This article discusses two schemes for teaching writing in schools. One uses analysis of model texts into techniques and devices then application of these by students to their written compositions and one uses a process approach that includes pre-writing and exploring, drafting, sharing and discussing, revising and celebrating to exploit students'…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Writing (Composition), Writing Strategies
Negretti, Raffaella – Written Communication, 2021
What aspects of writing are doctoral students metacognitive about when they write research articles for publication? Contributing to the recent conversation about metacognition in genre pedagogy, this study adopts a qualitative approach to illustrate what students have in common, across disciplines and levels of expertise, and the dynamic…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Writing for Publication, Doctoral Students, Writing Instruction
Dani, Danielle; Hallman-Thrasher, Allyson; Litchfield, Erin – Science Teacher, 2018
One way to probe students' misconceptions about science during instruction is by using formative assessments. Described as assessments "for" learning rather than assessments "of" learning (Black and Wiliam 1998), they provide teachers with information about student understanding during instruction. Examples of formative…
Descriptors: Cues, Writing (Composition), Teaching Methods, Scientific Concepts
Jeffrey A. Bacha – College Composition and Communication, 2016
Borrowing from rhetorically based theories of usability, this article offers an invention tactic designed to help students understand how mundane features of everyday dwelling places have significant impacts on their educational experiences. Additionally, the offered tactic helps students understand how to craft rhetorical critiques in contexts…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Rhetoric, College English, Writing (Composition)
Lam, Ricky – TESOL Journal, 2015
This article describes a study which investigated how explicit strategy instruction may shape student use of metacognitive knowledge and in what ways this knowledge promotes self-regulation in the learning of writing. From a class of a 2-year associate degree programme in Hong Kong, which experienced a 15-week process-oriented writing course…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Learning Strategies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Bush, Jonathan, Ed.; Zuidema, Leah, Ed. – English Journal, 2012
In professional writing, usability testing investigates how well users can find, understand, and use a document (Lannon). Usability testing involves gathering feedback from users, analyzing how successfully they used the document, and drawing on the test results to change or refine the design. From the authors' experiences as writers and teachers,…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Usability, Test Results, Audience Analysis
Valerie, Lynda M.; Foss-Swanson, Sheila – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2012
This article presents the rationale for and implementation of the family message journal as a writing tool. The family message journal provides multiple opportunities for students to develop as writers while strengthening the school-home connection. This article provides examples of rhetorical moves that indicate young writers are aware of their…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Writing Instruction, Audience Awareness, Journal Writing

Bobo, Gay L. – English in Texas, 1995
Explains how a teacher used tape--pieces hanging from her hair, her desk, and student desks--to help students remember some of the principles of writing represented in the acronym TAPE: topic, audience, purpose, and elaboration. (TB)
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods, Writing Instruction
Crotteau, Michelle – English Journal, 2007
Honoring students' home dialect is a complex task when preparing them to take state writing tests that require the use of Standard English. Working with students who had failed the test and were in danger of not receiving a diploma, Michelle Crotteau created a supportive learning environment in which students could develop linguistic and…
Descriptors: Standard Spoken Usage, Writing Tests, Writing Strategies, State Standards
Willey, R. J. – Freshman English News, 1990
Discusses three perspectives on audience awareness as used in the classroom; rhetorical, informational, and social. Finds that the social perspective, with its emphasis on the transactional nature of writing, is the most productive way of dealing with audience in the composition classroom. (RS)
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Peer Evaluation
Fisher, Douglas; Frey, Nancy – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2006
Student writing performance has not appreciably improved in the past decade. While there is evidence that teachers assign more writing than in the past, performance has not kept pace. Three urban schools that experienced significant improvements in students' writing achievement were studied. To glean ideas and examples, the authors observed…
Descriptors: Writing Improvement, Writing Achievement, Writing Assignments, Urban Schools
Woolever, Kristin R. – 1991
Teachers at both college and pre-college levels have long realized that collaborative writing is an effective learning tool for beginning writers. Many have pointed out that collaboration in writing groups properly shifts the focus from the teacher to the student, and allows writers to take more responsibility for their own composing processes.…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Collaborative Writing, Group Activities, Higher Education

Stetson, Maura – English Journal, 1996
Suggests a number of teaching strategies that can be used for the development of authentic voices (instead of institutional, depersonalized voices) in student writing. Focuses on the importance of students' choosing their own topic, developing audience awareness, and making connections between their own lives and literature. (TB)
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Creative Writing, Literary Criticism, Secondary Education

Keiser, Beverly – Reading Teacher, 1991
Describes a writing strategy that reflects the importance of writing for authentic purposes for real audiences. Discusses how cross-grade-level exchanges can support this approach. (MG)
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Cross Age Teaching, Grade 2, Primary Education

McAlexander, Patricia J. – Journal of Developmental Education, 1996
Discusses research on the role of audience awareness in writing and human cognition, arguing that developmental writers exhibit egocentric tendencies and assume that the readers do not need elaboration or transitions. Describes four subskills of audience awareness: clear execution, adequate content, perspective differentiation, and role taking.…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills, Egocentrism
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