Publication Date
| In 2026 | 0 |
| Since 2025 | 14 |
| Since 2022 (last 5 years) | 76 |
| Since 2017 (last 10 years) | 178 |
| Since 2007 (last 20 years) | 359 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
| Practitioners | 287 |
| Teachers | 208 |
| Researchers | 93 |
| Administrators | 16 |
| Students | 11 |
| Parents | 7 |
| Policymakers | 3 |
| Counselors | 1 |
Location
| Canada | 52 |
| Australia | 29 |
| California | 27 |
| United Kingdom (England) | 18 |
| Illinois | 16 |
| United Kingdom | 16 |
| United Kingdom (Great Britain) | 15 |
| Florida | 12 |
| United States | 12 |
| France | 10 |
| New Zealand | 10 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
| Meets WWC Standards without Reservations | 3 |
| Meets WWC Standards with or without Reservations | 6 |
| Does not meet standards | 5 |
Download full textBarton, David; And Others – 1993
This collection of four papers focuses on the Lancaster and Sussex Projects (England) that place an emphasis on writing outside of school and outside of work by "ordinary" people in their everyday lives. The papers refer to each other; the first is an introduction for the others. "Introduction: Making Writing Visible on the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Archives, Creative Writing
LaRoche, Kelli Morrison – 1993
A practicum was developed to address deficiencies in students' writing skills. The program goals were to assess the students' abilities to use prewriting strategies, to use supportive elements in writing, and to evaluate students' progress using pre- and post-attitude surveys and writing samples. The target group was 20 eighth-grade journalism…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Instructional Effectiveness, Journalism, Junior High Schools
Huitt, William G., Ed. – 1990
Covering a wide variety of issues of concern to professional educators, the papers comprising this proceedings present graduate student research on mathematics instruction, writing instruction, getting parents involved in their child's education, reading instruction for gifted students, and identification and services for learning disabled/gifted…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Graduate Study, Instructional Effectiveness
White, Edward M.; Polin, Linda G. – 1983
To describe and evaluate current practices in college composition programs, a study was conducted of the 19 California State University campuses. English department chairs completed a short survey on courses, staffing, and special projects, and structured interviews were conducted with these chairs and various other program coordinators from a…
Descriptors: College English, College Faculty, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives
Shanahan, Timothy – 1982
A study examined the relationship of multiple measures of reading and writing at the second and fifth grade levels. Multiple reading tests (measuring vocabulary, word recognition, sentence comprehension, and passage comprehension) and writing tests (evaluating vocabulary diversity and syntactic complexity, and providing qualitative and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 2, Grade 5, Measurement Techniques
Graves, Richard L., Ed. – 1984
Intended for teachers at all levels involved in composition instruction, this revised edition reflects the dynamic growth occurring in the discipline of writing, and consolidates advances made in teaching methodology. The 38 articles, written by such researchers and theorists in the field as James Moffett, Maxine Hairston, Janet Emig, Donald…
Descriptors: Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Problem Solving
Sipple, JoAnn M. – 1987
To evaluate the efficacy of faculty seminars for writing across the curriculum given for the instructors at Robert Morris College (Pennsylvania), an examination of the instructors' verbal protocols was conducted. Eleven faculty members from a variety of disciplines who participated in the 45 hour-long seminars and eight who did not participate…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Sloane, Sarah – 1987
A case study examined the writing problems of Jay, a freshman composition student at the University of Massachusetts, to determine how teachers should handle students whose composing styles are not suited to writing with word processors. Interviews, classroom observation, and careful analyses of Jay's essays in progress and logsheets were…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Freshmen, Computer Assisted Instruction, Freshman Composition
Siddle, Emilie Vanessa – 1989
A study examined the effects of intervention strategies on the revisions minority students made in narrative essays in a process-oriented classroom. Thirteen African-American and Latino students enrolled in a private boarding school in New England participated in the research. The effect of teacher interventions was explored through two…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Minority Groups, Peer Evaluation
Dunn, Audrey D. – 1984
A study examined the effects of a comprehensive writing program for average and slightly below average high school students on student writing achievement and attitudes. The program aimed to provide remedial instruction to improve writing skills, since 89% of the school's upper middle class population matriculate in some sort of college degree…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Preparation, Course Descriptions, Expository Writing
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. – 1990
The Writing to Read Program (WTR) objectives for 1988-89 included: to extend and support the implementation of the WTR program in New York City elementary schools; to promote the reading and writing achievement of kindergarten, first-, and second-grade students; and to introduce students in early childhood to computer technology. In 1988-89 the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 1, Grade 2, Kindergarten Children
Avis, John N.; Potts, Richard E. – 1987
Reporting on the work of a task force formed for the purpose of improving writing skills in the Memphis (Tennessee) City Schools, grades K-12, this paper identifies the efforts of the task force and its recommendations and traces the development and implementation of the Writing Across the Curriculum Project. An introduction notes the importance…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Creative Writing, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Cooperative Learning and Process Writing Experiences to Improve the Writing of Fifth Grade Students.
Donato, Marjorie – 1990
A course of study was researched, designed, and implemented to improve the writing of fifth-grade students. Objectives of the program were to develop more positive feelings about writing while increasing the quantity, quality, and variety of writing. Cooperative learning and process writing was discussed with the participants, their parents, and…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Classroom Environment, Cooperative Learning, Grade 5
Donlan, Dan – 1990
A study was conducted to determine whether manipulating the classroom environment to be either apprehension producing (AP) or apprehension reducing (AR) could significantly change the level of students' dispositional writing apprehension. Five student teachers and one secondary education supervisor volunteered to participate in the experiment and…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Educational Strategies
Peckham, Irvin – 1987
California has provided other states with an example of how not to assess student writing and has initiated a new direction in the statewide assessment of student writing achievement, a direction designed to influence writing instruction positively. Before 1987, the California Assessment Program (CAP) limited English skills assessment to multiple…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Performance Based Assessment
