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Wolsey, Thomas DeVere; Grisham, Dana L. – Action in Teacher Education, 2007
This article shares the results of a 3-year study of the use of threaded discussion groups within intact eighth-grade classrooms in a middle school in Southern California. Using mixed-methods data collection and analysis, it addresses questions about how technology may be used effectively to create engaged writers and how student access to…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Grade 8, Discussion Groups
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Grisham, Dana L.; Wolsey, Thomas D. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2005
This study investigates how middle school students and teachers in preservice and master of arts classes analyze writing samples. Three sets of participants analyzed and scored a common set of writings. Findings indicate that several intact classroom groups of eighth-graders, preservice teachers, and veteran teachers in a graduate reading program…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Discussion Groups, Preservice Teachers, Writing Instruction