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Teachers' Use and Modification of Genre-Based Reading and Writing Strategies after the Completion of Experimental Research Studies
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Traga Philippakos, Zoi A. – Journal of Education, 2023
The purpose of this study was to follow-up primary-grades teachers who had participated in experimental studies on genre-based strategy instruction to examine whether they continued to teach the strategies they learned, and how they adapted them. Participants were three primary grades' teachers who participated in interviews and shared…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Writing Strategies, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Teachers
Effects of Strategy Instruction with an Emphasis on Oral Language and Dramatization on the Quality of First Graders' Procedural Writing
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Traga Philippakos, Zoi A. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2019
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of strategy instruction with an emphasis on oral language and dramatization on the quality of first graders' procedural papers. Participants were 121 first grade students who attended a rural school and six teachers. Students and teachers were randomly assigned to condition. Instruction lasted…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction
Combining Strategy Instruction and Principles of Dialogic Pedagogy to Support Primary-Grade Students Story Writing: Results from Cycle 1 of Design Research
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Traga Philippakos, Zoi A.; Munsell, Sarah; Robinson, Logan – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2019
The purpose of this study was to design and evaluate an instructional approach that combined strategy instruction with principles of dialogic pedagogy to improve the story writing of students in grades K-2 (n = 219). Specifically, drama, dialogic interactions, and oral retellings assisted learners with ideation, while strategies guided their…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Literacy Education, Learning Strategies, Teaching Methods