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Download full textDonlan, Dan; And Others – 1984
A study investigated the effect of ambiguity on the level of writing apprehension of English teachers and whether apprehension varied according to mode of discourse. Subjects, 28 English language arts teachers, were invited to participate in a 5-week summer writing workshop, for which they received university credit and stipends. Participants were…
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Teacher Workshops
Stroble, Elizabeth J. – 1988
The similarities and differences in the responses student writers received from peer groups communicating face-to-face and by electronic mail were examined in this study. Subjects were 20 English/language arts teacher education students at the University of Virginia, who were divided into four groups with each group randomized to a treatment order…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Communication Skills, Electronic Mail, Higher Education
Madigan, R. J.; And Others – 1987
In an attempt to contribute to the development of students' writing skills while helping them master basic psychology, a writing component was designed for a medium sized introductory psychology course. Its purpose was to aid in the mastery of course material and to contribute to the development of students' skill in written expression. In the…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Essay Tests, Essays, Expository Writing
Necci, Catherine – 1988
Research of evaluation techniques shows that assessment of student achievement in art education is a neglected and undeveloped area of curriculum. This thesis reviews the reasons for curriculum reform, examines the need for evaluation tools in art education, reports current trends toward improving evaluation of student achievement in art…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Art Education, Critical Thinking, Elementary School Students
Rucker, Gary H. – 1977
Intended for teachers of elementary and secondary school writing, this paper describes the Regular Writing Practice (RWP) program, which combines the philosophical and pedagogical bases of Lyman Hunt's Uninterrupted Sustained Silent Reading program with the instructional methodology of creative writing and composition. The first portion of the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Language Arts, Program Content
Church, Elizabeth; Bereiter, Carl – 1984
A study assessed the ability of 20 eleventh grade students to recognize particular stylistic features when reading and then to use such features in their writing. Half the subjects were given a model paragraph from an Edgar Allen Poe story, without having the story identified for them, while the other half received only a verbal summary of the…
Descriptors: Grade 11, High Schools, Language Styles, Literary Genres
Foster, Dan – 1984
Composition theory accounts of coherence have tended to look at relationships within the text rather than at those between the text and the real world. In fact, empirical evidence suggests that the relationships between the text and the real world may be just as important for coherence. Forty-eight short papers were selected at random from those…
Descriptors: Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), Communication Research, Discourse Analysis
Boiarsky, Carolyn – 1983
An effective model for analyzing revision processes in writing needs to synthesize what research has shown about the process, the strategies involved, and what is known about students' revision strategies. Development of such a model also requires recognizing that (1) a relationship exists between reading and writing in the revision process, (2)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Theories, Higher Education, Models
Hull, Glynda A. – 1984
To determine how writers who differ in editing performance respond to operationally defined categories of errors in different kinds of written texts, a study asked novice and expert editors to correct and comment upon three kinds of error (consulting, intuiting, and comprehending) in two tasks (a self-written essay and three essays written by…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Editing, Error Patterns
Langer, Judith A. – 1983
A study examined the effect of topic-specific background knowledge on the general quality and local coherence of student writing. Ninety-seven tenth grade students were assigned two writing tasks on specific topics at two points during a semester. J. Langer's measure of topic-specific knowledge was administered prior to each writing task. Each…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Coherence, Evaluation Methods, Grade 10
Kiefer, Kathleen E. – 1983
The writing test at Colorado State University determines which students move from basic composition into the college composition course. Initially, all incoming students take a placement test similar to the holistically scored writing tests administered by the Educational Testing Service. This placement test, along with other information, provides…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Freshmen, Higher Education, Holistic Evaluation
Hunter, William J.; And Others – 1988
This report summarizes and synthesizes current research on the effects of using word processors on students' writing performance. The report examines cognitive models of the writing process, issues in the assessment of writing performance, and research on instruction in keyboarding. The work was carried out as part of a course requirement by…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1988
Developed in response to numerous requests from curriculum specialists and classroom teachers, this booklet addresses student assessment in written composition. Its purpose is: (1) to assist teachers in constructing writing prompts which correspond to the TEAMS (Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills) writing objectives and measurement…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 3, Grade 5
Yoong, Wong Khoon – 1989
This paper provides principles which can be used to mark mathematics papers in secondary schools. Sections included are: (1) "Drafting the Marking Scheme" (describing 15 general considerations); (2) "Calculations" (listing 16 grading principles on computation papers); (3) "Graphs" (providing four guidelines on graph papers); (4) "Constructions"…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Computation, Educational Testing, Grading
Bunch, Michael B.; Littlefair, Wendy – 1988
A total of 2,000 essays written by 1,000 students was submitted to generalizability analyses for domain-referenced tests. Each student had written one essay on each of two prompts representing two models of discourse. Each essay was read by six readers and judged on a scale of from 1 to 4. No reader read essays from both prompts. Reader agreement…
Descriptors: Cutting Scores, Essay Tests, Generalizability Theory, Interrater Reliability
