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Download full textAladwan, Yaser – Educational Research and Reviews, 2021
The study aims to identify the effect of using word processor in teaching writing skill among secondary students in private schools in Jordan, clear out the differences in writing skill between the control group taught in the ordinary method and the experimental group taught using word processor. The study follows the descriptive and experimental…
Descriptors: Word Processing, Writing Instruction, Writing Skills, Secondary School Students
Direct linkDole, Janice A.; Nelson, Elizabeth Thackeray; Pahnke, Adrienne Lowe; Rush, Elisabeth Dibble – Reading Horizons, 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate upper elementary (Grades 4-6) and middle school (Grades 6-8) teachers' views of grammar and its instruction and to determine differences in their views about grammar, its instruction, and its importance to writing proficiency. Participants in this online study were 196 practicing teachers in eight…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Grammar
Trapman, Mirjam; van Gelderen, Amos; van Schooten, Erik; Hulstijn, Jan – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
In a longitudinal design, 51 low-achieving adolescents' development in writing proficiency from Grades 7 to 9 was measured. There were 25 native-Dutch and 26 language-minority students. In addition, the roles of (1) linguistic knowledge, (2) metacognitive knowledge, and (3) linguistic fluency in predicting both the level and development of writing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Adolescents, Writing Skills
Watson, Kevin; Handal, Boris; Maher, Marguerite – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper was to investigate the influences of calendar year, year level, gender and language background other than English (LBOTE) on student achievement in literacy and numeracy relative to class size. Design/methodology/approach: Data for this study were collected over five years (2008-2012) as test results from the…
Descriptors: Class Size, Correlation, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students
Prvinchandar, Sunita; Ayub, Ahmad Fauzi Mohd – English Language Teaching, 2014
This study compared the effectiveness of two types of computer software for improving the English writing skills of pupils in a Malaysian primary school. Sixty students who participated in the seven-week training course were divided into two groups, with the experimental group using the StyleWriter software and the control group using the…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Courseware, Writing Improvement, Elementary School Students
Lenski, Susan; Verbruggen, Frances – Guilford Publications, 2010
Many English language learners (ELLs) require extra support to become successful writers. This book helps teachers understand the unique needs of ELLs and promote their achievement by adapting the effective instructional methods they already know. Engaging and accessible, the book features standards-based lesson planning ideas, examples of student…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Elementary Education, Middle Schools
