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Rafieyan, Vahid; Rafieyan, Ali; Rafieyan, Navid; Rafieyan, Saeid; Rafieyan, Parvaneh; Rafieyan, Mohamad – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The very information structure of written communication depends not just on the writer's meaning and purpose but rather on the extent to which writer and reader share knowledge of pragmatic features of the language. To assess the actual effect of developing target language pragmatic competence through telecollaboration on improving English as…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Pragmatics, Writing Improvement
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Berry, Ann Bassett; Mason, Linda H. – Remedial and Special Education, 2012
A multiple-probe, multiple-baseline, across-subjects design was used to examine the writing performance of four low-achieving adult students with and without disabilities enrolled in general equivalency diploma (GED) preparatory classes. Students' writing was evaluated before instruction and after self-regulated strategy development (SRSD)…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Essays, Writing Instruction, Metacognition
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Porritt, Matthew; Burt, Andrew; Poling, Alan – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2006
Ten participants from an online community of fiction writers were exposed to a treatment package intended to increase their writing productivity. The package consisted of graphic feedback provided through a Web page, praise for goal completion delivered via e-mail, and editing of manuscripts by other members of the community dependent on the…
Descriptors: Authors, Intervention, Internet, Productivity