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Maynard, Chanelle; Young, Chase – Texas Journal of Literacy Education, 2022
The quasi-experimental study utilized an interrupted time-series design to examine the effect of 20 third graders' writing achievement as a result of a trait-based instructional approach to writing. The primary researcher provided writing professional development on traits-based instructional and assessment for a third-grade team. One of those…
Descriptors: Scoring Rubrics, Writing Achievement, Grade 3, Elementary School Students
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Anne Barwasser; Kerstin Nobel; Kristie Asaro-Saddler; Bruce Saddler; Matthias Grünke – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2025
Writing can be a challenging task for students--especially for those who have grown up as second language (L2) learners. In particular, planning and structuring written content can be especially difficult for them. For this reason, the effects of a combined strategy instruction intervention consisting of a graphic organizer and storytelling on the…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Story Telling, Intervention, Writing Achievement
Lynette Piontek – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The mixed methods study examined effects of evidence-based minilessons on student attitudes and achievement in writing. Researched literature concluded there is a decline of writing in the United States that mostly begins near fourth grade and continues through high school and college. Factors contributing to this gap included: lack of teacher…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Student Attitudes, Writing Achievement, Grade 3
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Wilson, Joshua; Myers, Matthew C.; Potter, Andrew – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2022
We investigated the promise of a novel approach to formative writing assessment at scale that involved an automated writing evaluation (AWE) system called MI Write. Specifically, we investigated elementary teachers' perceptions and implementation of MI Write and changes in students' writing performance in three genres from Fall to Spring…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Automation, Elementary School Teachers
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Camping, April; Graham, Steve; Harris, Karen R. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
This study examined the intrinsic, extrinsic, and self-regulatory motives for writing and writing achievement of three groups of third- to fifth-grade students in an urban school district: (a) 189 emergent bilingual students receiving services for English language development (ELD); (b) 374 reclassified bilingual students who had exited ELD…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Writing Achievement, Elementary School Students, English Language Learners
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Balantekin, Yakup – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2021
The aim of this study was to improve the reading and writing performance and reading motivation of a third grade primary school student who does not have any cognitive or physical disabilities. In the study conducted by the action research method, one of the qualitative research methods, the student's reading and writing performance and reading…
Descriptors: Reading Improvement, Writing Improvement, Reading Achievement, Writing Achievement
Chad Murphy; Shar Ames – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to first determine whether literacy performance changed over time for third and fourth graders of a private school in Tennessee with the implementation of the Units of Study co-authored by Lucy Calkins and Teachers College Reading and Writing Project (UOS). The researchers utilized data from the school's…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Writing Instruction, Reading Instruction, Grade 3
Shar Ames; Chad Murphy – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to first determine whether literacy performance changed over time for third and fourth graders of a private school in Tennessee with the implementation of the Units of Study co-authored by Lucy Calkins and Teachers College Reading and Writing Project (UOS). The researchers utilized data from the school's…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Writing Instruction, Reading Instruction, Grade 3
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Varier, Divya; Zumbrunn, Sharon; Conklin, Sarah; Marrs, Sarah; Stringer, J. K.; Furman, Jennifer – Educational Studies, 2021
To understand the self-regulatory strategies children used while writing, we asked 780 elementary school students in the United States, "What do you do when you get stuck in your writing?" Using an inductive approach to content analysis, we analysed their responses to an open-ended item on a survey on student motivation for patterns of…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Elementary School Students, Writing Strategies, Self Management
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Yeung, Pui-sze; Ho, Connie Suk-han; Chan, David Wai-ock; Chung, Kevin Kien-hoa – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2020
This study examined the relationships between writing motivation and written composition performance in Chinese among 388 Chinese children in Grades 3 to 5 in accordance with the framework of self-determination theory. Multiple regression analysis results showed that writing motivation measures (external regulation, introjected regulation,…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Writing (Composition), Writing Achievement, Grade 3
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Peng, Anqi; Orosco, Michael J.; Wang, Hui; Swanson, H. Lee; Reed, Deborah K. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
Proficient writing performance in English requires multiple cognitive skills, which can be particularly challenging for English Learners (ELs). However, compared with reading and mathematics, there have been fewer scientific inquiries that explore the relationship between cognitive components and writing. The purpose of this study was to examine…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Phonological Awareness
Jones-Pringle, Angela M. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Standardized tests provide information about student achievement that are vital to understanding how well students are learning the state standards. The problem addressed in this study was the underachievement of 52% of third-grade students in the target district in English Language Arts on a state standardized test. Poor reading skills can cause…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, Reading Tests, Writing Tests, Achievement Tests
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Vaughn, Margaret; Premo, Joshua; Erickson, Danielle; McManus, Christine – Reading Psychology, 2020
There have been recent calls to support student agency in the field of literacy. Agency, which we define in the context of schooling, is a multidimensional construct where individuals exert influence and create opportunities in the learning context through intentions, decisions, and actions. We propose highlighting agency as an interconnected…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Literacy, Elementary School Students, Student Surveys
Brittany Eggleston – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Motivational variables, such as writing self-efficacy and writing attitudes, are not emphasized in writing frameworks for developing writers. The purpose of this research study was to extend the research literature on elementary-aged students' writing development by examining the potential mediational role of writing self-efficacy and writing…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Elementary School Students, Student Motivation, Grade 3
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Roberts, Sharon – Learning Professional, 2020
Across the U.S., educators face a common challenge: How can we help all students become strong readers and writers? In the author's state of Tennessee, many educators believe they have a reading crisis. Two-thirds of 3rd graders do not read and write on grade level as measured by the statewide assessment (Tennessee Department of Education, 2019a).…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Writing Instruction, Reading Achievement, Writing Achievement
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