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Juhee Lee; Jeonghyun Lee – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2024
Although competent argumentative writing is important for academic success and daily life, it is difficult to teach, especially in middle schools where English is taught as a foreign language (EFL). Previous research has indicated that extensive reading or writing improves the descriptive writing skills of EFL students. However, it is not certain…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), English Language Learners
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Kiymaz, Mustafa Said; Doyumgaç, Ibrahim – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2020
The present study aimed to identify and classify the consistency problems in the texts written by middle school 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grade students and to determine their textual levels. In the study, numerical data were also used within the context of descriptive analysis design, a qualitative research method. The study group included 5th, 6th,…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Story Telling, Descriptive Writing, Reliability
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Shippen, Margaret E.; Houchins, David E.; Puckett, DaShaunda; Ramsey, Michelle – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2007
This study compared the preferred writing topics of urban and rural middle school students. Eighth graders (n = 205) responded to a brief survey of preferred writing topics in the descriptive writing genres of real or imagined stories, reports, and opinions. While some preferred writing topics were divergent such as society, crime, and violence,…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Middle School Students, Descriptive Writing, Current Events
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Attali, Yigal; Powers, Don – ETS Research Report Series, 2008
This report describes the development of grade norms for timed-writing performance in two modes of writing: persuasive and descriptive. These norms are based on objective and automatically computed measures of writing quality in grammar, usage, mechanics, style, vocabulary, organization, and development. These measures are also used in the…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 6, Grade 8, Grade 10
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Peterson, Shelley; Calovini, Theresa – Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 2004
This study uses systemic functional linguistics and the related critical discourse analysis to examine intertextual links between four eighth-grade students' talk in informal conversations as they generated ideas for the characters of their narrative writing. Data sources included classroom observations, students' drafts and polished writing,…
Descriptors: Ideology, Discourse Analysis, Descriptive Writing, Interviews