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Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Educational Assessment. – 1984
This manual contains the writing objectives and measurement specifications for grades 3, 5, and 9, for use by teachers and other educators responsible for pupil instruction, and for test development specialists involved with preparing the Texas Assessment of Basic Skills tests. The learning objectives are congruent with the "State Board of…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 3, Grade 5
Sunflower, Cherlyn H.; Crawford, Leslie W. – 1986
A study investigated how and when writing is used at the elementary school level to determine (1) what kind of instructional support elementary students receive, (2) what prewriting support is provided, (3) what support for revising is offered, and (4) what happens to the students' writings. Using preservice teachers as observers, data were…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Prewriting, Revision (Written Composition), Teacher Student Relationship
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. Evaluation and Assessment Section. – 1984
This report identifies the methods and issues in the evaluation of student writing in classrooms and large scale assessments using an analytical scoring system from the Illinois Inventory of Educational Progress (IIEP). This guide is written for staff in state offices of education conducting large-scale writing assessments, and also for personnel…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Essay Tests
Download full textSullivan, Francis J. – 1987
To examine "bluffing"--ways in which conflicts in classrooms and evaluation procedures influence the styles of student writing and teachers' responses to different styles, a study analyzed the placement-test essays of 99 undergraduates entering Temple University (Pennsylvania) in the fall of 1982. Analysis of the texts was based on a…
Descriptors: Constructed Response, Essay Tests, Higher Education, Response Style (Tests)
Villamil, Olga; Carrasquillo, Angela – 1988
A discussion of the evaluation of writing in English as a second language looks at conflicting approaches and viewpoints in the literature and suggests strategies for classroom evaluation. Conflicts are found in the literature concerning the importance of writing evaluation, the types of assessment to be used, and procedures for scoring writing…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language)
Daniels, Harvey; Zemelman, Steven – 1985
Intended for curriculum directors, English or language arts chairpeople, and administrators, this book is designed to illuminate the common beliefs and procedures of the National Writing Project, which have been developed with the support of Title IV-C of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and state and local resources, by offering a…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Expository Writing, Higher Education, Program Evaluation
Kelly, Patricia P., Ed.; Small, Robert C., Jr., Ed. – Virginia English Bulletin, 1985
Articles in this journal issue focus on aspects of writing instruction and research. The articles discuss the following topics: (1) recent changes in the teaching of composition, (2) a writing sequence for the junior high/middle and secondary school English curriculum, (3) 10 writing-for-learning tasks to use throughout the curriculum, (4) writing…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Poetry, Reading Skills
Nugent, Susan Monroe, Ed. – The Leaflet, 1985
The seven articles in this journal issue examine the value of developing audience awareness in student writing. Among the topics and concerns expressed are the following: (1) the importance of purpose and audience in designing assignments, (2) the value of classmates regularly discussing each other's papers, (3) the writing development of one…
Descriptors: Assignments, Attitude Change, Classification, Elementary Secondary Education
Bennett, Susan G., Ed. – 1982
In the spirit of the Texas Hill Country Writing Project and in response to the requirements of the Texas Assessment of Basic Skills, this guide presents writing assignments reflecting a commitment to a unified writing program for kindergarten through grade twelve. The framework for the assignments is adopted from the discourse theory of James…
Descriptors: Assignments, Curriculum Guides, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education
Young, Art – 1985
The writing across the curriculum program at Michigan Technological University was designed to change teacher and student attitudes about course-assigned writing as well as to change writing practices by means of a series of faculty workshops. After four years, a team of seven faculty members from rhetoric and composition, literature, psychology,…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Content Area Writing, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Nyberg, Verner R.; Nyberg, Adell M. – 1982
The Alberta Essay Scales were developed to assist teachers in the grading of essays. They represent a standard based on written compositions at the 12th grade level in 1964 to be compared with current composition writing achievement. A scale for mechanics in English and one for writing style and content are defined through model essays and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Expository Writing, Foreign Countries, Grade 12
Law, Alexander I. – 1982
This document presents more useful statewide testing as a rationale for a revision to the California Assessment Program (CAP). A brief description of the revision procedures, and an illustrative outline of the skills and concepts covered by CAP are included. Approximately 270 districts and counties participated in the test development process to…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Grade 6
Dunlap, Louise – 1982
A city planner's writing is usually not "technical" in the sense that the writing of engineers is technical. In each planning genre, extremely complex information, some of it "technical"--numbers, projections, and so forth--must be communicated clearly. For the professional planner, there are often severe time constraints and the need to proceed…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Graduate Study
Thomas, Linda J. – 1982
Three workshops conducted by consultants will help faculty members at Midway College in Lexington, Kentucky, incorporate effective writing instruction in the content areas. The first workshop will stress the importance of reading and writing to the learning process and provide concrete exercises that demonstrate how writing can be used to generate…
Descriptors: Assignments, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Carter, Ronnie D. – 1982
A study investigated the effects of two methods of teaching college level composition on writing development and, secondarily, the effects the two methods had on overall improvement by gender. The treatment method involved the same syllabus, texts, assignments, and workshop approach as the control method, with the exception of the independent…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Females, High School Seniors, Higher Education
