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Teaching Children about Revision in Writing.
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Fitzgerald, Jill; Markham, Lynda R. – 1987
A study investigated the effects of direct instruction in the process of revision on students' knowledge of the revision process, their ability to make revisions on paper, and the quality of their writing. Subjects, 30 sixth grade students, were divided into an experimental and a control group. The experimental group received instruction in the…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Knowledge Level, Learning Processes
The Effects of Listening to and Discussing Different Qualities of Children's Literature on the Narrative Writing of Fifth Graders.
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Dressel, Janice Hartwick – Research in the Teaching of English, 1990
Studies the effects of listening to and discussing different qualities of children's literature on fifth grade students' writing. Finds that stories written by children who heard and discussed higher quality literature were rated significantly differently on traits related to literary quality and genre development than those written by children…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Discussion Groups, Grade 5
Explicit Story Structure Instruction and the Narrative Writing of Fourth- and Fifth-Grade Below-Average Readers.
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Gambrell, Linda B.; Chasen, Steven P. – Reading Research and Instruction, 1991
Investigates the effects of explicit story structure instruction on below-average fourth and fifth grade readers' narrative writing performance. Finds that explicit story structure instruction positively influenced the narrative writing performance in terms of both quality and quantity of their writing. (MG)
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 5, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades