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Download full textDiaz, Diana M. – 1986
A classroom-based ethnographic study investigated the use of process writing techniques with English as a second language (ESL) writers. The primary purpose of the study was to establish a context where the strategies and methodologies that have been generated by the last 15 years of research on the composing process of native speakers could be…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Environment, Community Colleges, Cultural Context
Hernandez, Ada B. – 1987
Lack of motivation to complete writing tasks leaves students unable to perform according to grade level expectations or to demonstrate mastery of school district objectives. To address this problem, a practicum involved 30 fifth grade students in a 36-week writing program using the process writing method. The goals of the practicum were as…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Grade 5, Holistic Evaluation, Intermediate Grades
Kelder, Richard – 1987
Assigned to teach a freshman composition course with a history and reading co-requisite, a New York college instructor developed a course in which students would begin to see history--through their reading, writing, and thinking--as a series of events intricately connected with their own lives and ways of looking at the world, rather than…
Descriptors: Biographies, Content Area Writing, Course Content, Critical Thinking
Murray, Jack; And Others – 1986
As a result of preliminary observations of word processing in elementary level language the seven case studies presented in this report reveal the effectiveness of current word processing (WP) activities within their respective instructional contexts. Each study is presented separately, detailing the classroom context, tasks and outcomes, program…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Classroom Furniture
Warren, Thomas, Ed. – 1979
Articles in these proceedings of a conference of the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication represent the views of professional communicators and academicians who share a concern for providing breadth and quality of preparation of present and future technical communicators. The 11 articles discuss the following topics: (1)…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Education Work Relationship
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1984
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The five titles deal with the following topics: (1) a comparison of manuscript writing at the beginning of first grade with reading achievement at the end of first grade, (2) using text comprehension as a metaphor for understanding…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education, Handwriting
Kraft, Richard F. – 1986
The intent of this guide is to encourage teachers to have students write, both formally and informally, on a systematic basis. Three types of writing are emphasized: (1) journal writing; (2) research paper writing; and (3) essay writing. The section on journal writing includes a handout for the class explaining the purpose for journal writing and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Writing, Creative Writing, Curriculum Guides
Perkins, Kyle – 1986
Based on the premise that composition skills and their evaluation are crucial to the educational process, this paper presents a tentative research program for conducting future English as a second language (ESL) composition evaluation studies. The program developed in the paper covers the following topics as areas which merit further rigorous…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Evaluation Criteria
Stice, Carole F.; Waddell, Jill – 1985
Research conducted since the early 1970s has provided important insights into how written language develops and how teachers can best foster that growth. One of these promotes the holistic approach to language instruction--to nurture the emergent speller is to nurture the emergent reader, writer, speaker, listener, and thinker. Another important…
Descriptors: Child Development, Curriculum Development, Decoding (Reading), Developmental Stages
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1987
Containing the results of Oregon's second statewide analytical writing assessment, this document summarizes the procedures used to evaluate the writing skills of 4,567 eighth graders from 55 schools and analyzes the results. Following an introduction that includes comments from the scoring team, chapter 1 presents a brief history of writing…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1985
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 6 titles discuss the following topics: (1) the effects of comparison/contrast writing instruction on the reading comprehension of tenth-grade students; (2) an exploration of the role of language awareness in high school students'…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Activities
Zarnowski, Myra Shepper – 1983
A coding scheme developed by M. A. K. Halliday and R. Hasan was used in a study that investigated how students in grades 4, 6, and 8 developed meaning within narrative texts. Students, after being presented with a visual stimulus, were asked to describe what was happening and say what happened before and after the picture. Next, an oral assignment…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cohesion (Written Composition), Connected Discourse, Developmental Stages
Black, Janet K.; Puckett, Margaret – 1984
Focusing on the learning styles of young children, this position statement presents current research and information that document the need for developmentally appropriate reading experiences during the kindergarten and prekindergarten years. The paper contains the following sections: (1) a background statement, (2) current literacy research…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Theories, Kindergarten
Anderson, Pamela L. – 1980
To determine the usefulness of cohesion frequency analysis in differentiating proficiency in the oral and written composition of English as a second language (ESL) learners, 22 adult learners of ESL were asked to write and tell a story. After transcription, the data were analyzed by holistic evaluation, cohesion form and frequency count, and error…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Applied Linguistics, Cohesion (Written Composition), Discourse Analysis
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1980
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 20 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) voice in writing; (2) the effectiveness of an individualized humanistic writing program; (3) the effects of peer evaluation on eighth grade narrative writing;…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Annotated Bibliographies, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged
