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Mirella Zanobini; Carlotta Rivella; Paola Viterbori – Literacy, 2025
The article explores the relationship between intrinsic and extrinsic reading motivation, reading amount and the comprehension of narrative and expository texts in lower secondary school students. In addition, we intended to verify the effect on these variables of an educational programme, the writing and reading workshop (WRW), aimed at promoting…
Descriptors: Teacher Workshops, Writing Workshops, Writing Instruction, Reading Instruction
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Julia O’Connell; Alison Daniell – Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 2024
The awarding gap between UK-domiciled full-time Black and white students is a significant problem at HE institutions across the country. This paper examines a case study of a dissertation writing retreat programme which sought to address this awarding gap at a university in the south of England. The programme was based on an innovative 'three Cs'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Blacks, Whites, Graduate Students
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Michael Smith – English in Education, 2025
This paper addresses the question of how classroom-based peer assessment practices can be improved in relation to student interpretations of subjective assessment criteria. To achieve this, this research study considers the possible pedagogic benefits and implications of using a comparative judgement (CJ) approach to the peer assessment of GCSE…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Exit Examinations, Creative Writing
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Cheryl Montgomery; Jessica Cira Rubin – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2025
Reported trends signal that current approaches to teaching writing are not working as well as they could to engage all students. This review of literature focuses on a culturally responsive ethos for the teaching of writing in Aotearoa New Zealand, incorporating information from over 80 publications from 2000 to 2020. The new understandings…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Writing Instruction, Pacific Islanders, Ethnic Groups
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Sofia Jusslin; Anna Widlund – Teaching in Higher Education, 2024
Students seem to encounter various challenges when writing bachelor's and master's theses, indicating a need to support them in their writing processes. In this study, academic writing workshops for students writing bachelor's and master's theses were developed and investigated during three years of a participatory action research project. The…
Descriptors: Masters Theses, Theses, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
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Rosa, Ade Tutty Rokhayati; Mujiarto – International Journal of Higher Education, 2020
This research is an empowerment of the potential of vocational school teachers in the form of scientific writing to function as a vehicle for communication and dissemination of works and ideas for teachers or others. The problems are: (1) the making of scientific papers of any type is partly, vocational teachers do not understand much and are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Vocational Education Teachers, Faculty Development
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Abigail Winter – Student Success, 2023
This practice report argues that, in a higher education system where publication is a key performance metric, existing resources, such as textbooks, can be used and modified to make engaging and valuable professional development resources for researcher/educators -- both students and academics. The report outlines a series of writing workshops…
Descriptors: Well Being, Writing for Publication, Journal Articles, Foreign Countries
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Lynn McAlpine; Corinne Boz – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2024
Writing is central to PhD work, though often a source of challenge, given the dissertation is the basis for the award of the degree. Universities may offer writing workshops, but these frequently take a remedial, skills-based approach: writing as something to fix rather than a developmental life-learning process of gaining confidence and fluency…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Students, Writing (Composition), Writing for Publication
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Punyapa Boontam; Supakorn Phoocharoensil – PASAA: Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 2024
In recent years, there has been growing interest in the use of data-driven learning (DDL) in L2 writing instruction. This paper examined whether and to what extent DDL activities could enhance the writing complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF) of 30 Thai EFL learners. The presentation of DDL in this study was hands-on concordancing with the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Data Use, Difficulty Level
Deborah Williams – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The concept of place is more than where people reside. Places are important in shaping the identity and experiences of people. Exploring the idea of relationships with place creates a context that ignites transformative thoughts and actions. "Place' is formed out of the particular set of social relations which interact at a particular…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, English Instruction, Language Arts
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Tremblay-Wragg, Émilie; Vincent, Cynthia; Mathieu-C., Sara; Lison, Christelle; Ponsin, Annabelle; Déri, Catherine – Qualitative Research in Education, 2022
During dissertation writing, PhD candidates face challenges engaging with academic writing, among other things, which leads to their participation in writing retreats with their peers. Developing a better understanding of PhD candidates' needs to optimize engagement with writing is important for improving the overall doctoral experience and reduce…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Academic Language, Foreign Countries, Writing Workshops
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Paxton, Kirsty – American Journal of Play, 2022
The author examines guided play among students in a South African classroom using a play-and-write workshop constructed by her and her students. She determines that the workshop displays the characteristics of playful learning, lies on the playful learning spectrum, and fits the criteria for guided play. She concludes that, given the benefits of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Play, Writing Instruction, Writing Workshops
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Owen, Gavin R.; Whalley, Natalie; Brenner, Elisabeth – Journal of Biological Education, 2023
Undergraduate science degrees in South Africa seldom offer explicit courses focussing on improving the disciplinary writing skills required for effectively communicating scientific research. Similarly, most students entering the 'Honours' degree in Molecular Medicine at a South African university have not commonly been afforded opportunities to…
Descriptors: Writing Workshops, Honors Curriculum, Student Attitudes, Reports
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Svetlana Suchkova; Tatiana Golechkova – Learning Assistance Review, 2022
In this article, we will describe the design of a diagnostic orientation session offered to university academics by a faculty-based academic writing center. The session can serve as a model for identifying academics' needs in mastering English for Research Publication Purposes. We aim at sharing practical activities that successfully worked as a…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Writing Improvement, English for Academic Purposes, Writing Workshops
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Locke, Terry – Teachers and Curriculum, 2022
Prior to the March, 2020 COVID-19 lockdown in New Zealand I was invited to offer professional development on ways that the writing of poetry could be facilitated in a Rotorua primary school. In March/April of that year, I engaged around 18 teachers (including the school principal) in four, twohour PD sessions using Zoom. A year on, in May 2021, I…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Poetry, Writing Instruction, Foreign Countries
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