Dual-credit programs, also known in the state of Ohio as the College-Credit-Plus program, is an initiative across the United States to provide another method for high school students--and sometimes even younger students--to earn postsecondary credit before graduating from high school. This project investigates the experience of dual-credit…

This article reports on an IRB-approved study conducted in a college preparation writing workshop. Using affect theory as a framework for exploring participants' writing experiences, I theorize the phenomenon of affective rupture, a tension between the affect students experience while writing in school and their belief in the value of school-based…

The main goal of the study was to examine the impact of employing collaborative writing on students' attitude towards learning EFL writing skills. To this end, based on the mean results of the paragraph a writing skills test was administered before the experiment, two sections of Grade 11 students from Felegebirahn Secondary School in Amhara…

This research examined the impact of writing professional development and implementation on content area teachers' pedagogical practices. Data were collected through a survey instrument and teacher reflection questionnaires for qualitative and quantitative results. Teacher participants were employees at a rural public charter high school in North…

This article uses an ethnographic case study of high school writers preparing for college to explore students' writing experiences in and outside of school. In each domain, students experience affects related to embodiment, relationships, and movement, but the study reveals qualitative differences in those affective experiences. These differences…

This paper presents an evaluation of "Literacy for Life" (LfL) -- a whole-school literacy programme, implemented in five secondary schools in England. The aims of LfL were to improve literacy attainment and to promote positive attitudes to reading and writing. However, when compared to other schools, there is little or no evidence that…

The current study adopted features of a survey research design to examine the EFL high school teachers' beliefs about writing and its teaching, their actual classroom practices, and the interplays between their beliefs and practices in the realm of EFL writing instruction. A sample of seventy-six EFL teachers from the eight selected high schools…

A critical challenge for computer-based writing instruction is providing appropriate and adaptive practice. The current study examined three modes of computer-based writing practice with the goal of identifying those with the greatest learning and motivational value. High school students learned about writing strategies by studying lessons within…

The transition from high school to college is challenging for many students, especially first-generation college students. College courses require disciplinary specific reading, writing, and thinking skills not often taught in high school, such as reading and analyzing complex texts and constructing original arguments in discipline-specific…

Integration of technology which includes the use of a smartphone is currently one of the trends in ESL writing classes. Particularly in collaborative activities, it is assumed that the use of smartphones contributes to the attitude of the learners towards writing and their writing performance as well. Consequently, the present study investigated…

A critical challenge for computer-based writing instruction is providing appropriate and adaptive practice. The current study examined three modes of computer-based writing practice with the goal of identifying those with the greatest learning and motivational value. High school students learned about writing strategies by studying lessons within…

This study aimed at investigating blogs' integration in teaching of writing in Moroccan EFL classrooms. It involves about 108 second year baccalaureate students and 92 EFL teachers. Given its exploratory nature, an exploratory design was adopted. The data were collected using a questionnaire and an interview. The findings revealed that blogs' use…

Purpose: Little research has been done exploring the nature of multilingual students who are not categorized as English language learners (ELLs) in English language arts (ELA) classes. This study about a group of multilingual girls in an ELA class led by a monolingual white teacher aims to show how, when a teacher makes space for translanguaging…

This study examines the potential effect of service-learning training on 38 EFL teachers from the public schools of the North-Eastern Badia Directorate of Education, Mafraq, Jordan. A quasi-experimental design was used, and the participants were randomly assigned into an experimental group (n=18) and a control group (n=20). As part of the…

This document presents the proceedings of the 26th Annual Research Forum held June 30, 2022, at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Included are the following ten action research papers: (1) Historical Empathy, Primary Sources, and Subjectivity in History (Camron Alten-Dunkle); (2) Cultivating Classroom Science Outdoors…