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Meaghan McKenna; Hope Gerde; Nicolette Grasley-Boy – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2025
This article describes the development and administration of the "Kindergarten-Second Grade (K-2) Writing Data-Based Decision Making (DBDM) Survey." The "K-2 Writing DBDM Survey" was developed to learn more about current DBDM practices specific to early writing. A total of 376 educational professionals (175 general education…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Writing Instruction, Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten
Kenny Lam; Paul Chase; Destiny Riley; Rachel L. Schechter – Online Submission, 2024
LXD Research conducted a study to examine the relationship between investment in Zaner-Bloser Handwriting program and Grade 3 student proficiency in handwriting in Alabama. Data from 4,759 students across 54 schools were analyzed, with schools categorized into Low Zaner-Bloser Handwriting (>$1 and [less than or equal to]$5 per student per…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Writing Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Elementary School Students
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Cynthia Puranik; Molly Duncan; Ying Guo – Grantee Submission, 2024
In the present study we examined the contributions of transcription and foundational oral language skills to written composition outcomes in a sample of kindergartners. Two hundred and eighty-two kindergarten students from 49 classrooms participated in this study. Children's writing-related skills were examined using various tasks. Latent…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Skills, Writing Skills, Beginning Writing
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Robai N. Werunga; Ya-yu Lo – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2024
Teachers of students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) often struggle with simultaneously meeting students' writing and behavioral needs. Building on existing Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) literature, this study investigated the collateral effects of SRSD with social skills prompts on the writing outcomes and problem…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
Yi Gui – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study explores using transfer learning in machine learning for natural language processing (NLP) to create generic automated essay scoring (AES) models, providing instant online scoring for statewide writing assessments in K-12 education. The goal is to develop an instant online scorer that is generalizable to any prompt, addressing the…
Descriptors: Writing Tests, Natural Language Processing, Writing Evaluation, Scoring
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Sarah McCarthey; Jiadi Zhang – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2024
While recent research has examined cross-national curriculum and teacher preparation for second language writing, little research has investigated the influences of the pandemic and other social changes in preparing teachers to teach writing. The purpose of the study was to understand the preparation of teachers to teach writing, the factors that…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Social Change, Political Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education