Although writing instruction can positively impact reading for students across grades and levels of literacy, the extent to which these findings generalize to young students with literacy difficulties is unclear due to the dynamic nature of reading-writing relations. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to examine the effects of writing…

Teachers' conceptions of assessment, as a dimension of assessment literacy, have an impact on their assessment practices. Chinese teachers of English as a foreign language (EFL) writing hold a range of conceptions of assessment because of the generally poor English writing proficiency of their students, the requirement in higher education for…

This study explores how students' perceptions of themselves as thinkers and communicators within a STEM discipline are impacted by structured peer review. Quantitative and qualitative coding led to thematic analysis of students' reflective writing papers produced during partial-credit companion courses called writing circles, which are weekly peer…

Like many student writing centers, the American University of Sharjah Writing Center is seeing a rise in student reliance upon generative AI (GenAI) tools, which are artificial intelligence systems capable of generating human-like text. Peer tutors frequently seek guidance on how to approach student papers involving GenAI tools such as ChatGPT,…

This study examines how post-reading continuation task designs affect Chinese high school students' English creative writing skills. Using stratified sampling and quasi-experimental design, 120 first-year students from three school types participated in a 10-week intervention (pre-test, intervention, post-test). The experimental group completed…

An outgrowth of work submitted for Howard University's Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Writing Faculty Task Force, this essay examines what is at stake for students of color with the use of AI as well as the potential opportunities it presents. The research is tailored to explore how the mission of Historically Black Colleges and…

Given the popularization of artificial intelligence in education, this study explores this technology's effects on emergent bilinguals' writing and revision. Large Language Models have become prevalent as supports for teachers and students in revising. Yet, research has not examined the intricacies of using these tools with emergent bilinguals.…

Despite the increasing linguistic diversity observed in elementary classrooms, there remains a paucity of research and guidance on how best to support multilingual learners' (MLs') writing development. Drawing on current theories of writing development and research on effective writing instruction, this paper explores key factors influencing MLs'…

This study explored the effects of Mediation-based Feedback and Direct Corrective Feedback on the linguistic accuracy and rhetorical development of EFL university students' writing. A quasi-experimental design involved two L2 writing classes (mediation group vs. correction group), each receiving feedback across three writing tasks: pre-test,…

This article reports on an IRB approved multi-semester qualitative study investigating student experiences during the challenging transition to Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in a technical writing (TW) course. The primary purpose of this research is to evaluate the effectiveness of specific strategies utilized to facilitate this transition and to…

The current two studies examined the effects of an instructional unit on synthesis writing for 9th grade students on holistic text quality. Because students' writing routines have been shown to affect the effectiveness of writing instruction, we designed a unit that aimed to be equally effective for all writers, regardless of their routines. On…

Using the Learning by Design multiliteracies framework, writing workshop was transformed into composing workshop. The researcher worked with a team of four second grade teachers in an urban public elementary school to redesign their Kevin Henkes author study to equally value art and design, guiding their students in creating their own narrative…

Teacher professional development in writing is an increasing area of interest due to the complex nature of the profession including learning needs of students and the demands of external assessment regimes in the contemporary landscape. However, professional development often denies the contextual experiences and expertise of teachers in favor of…

This study investigates how reflection-supported learning of writing affects students' writing attitudes and writing achievement goal orientations. First-year natural sciences students from Jimma University were study participants. In the study, a quasi-experimental design was used. Consequently, from 25 sections in the first year of natural…

In this collaborative essay Audrey Simango, Matthew Stadler, and Alison Turner--Reader/Advisor/Editors (RAEs) at The GOAT PoL--explore the subject of money. Most discussions about money have focused on "debates over compensation" of research subjects (Snow et al. 54), or connections between community writing and well-funded projects,…