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Hier, Bridget O.; Eckert, Tanya L.; Datchuk, Shawn M. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2023
This descriptive study examined differences in children's text production as a function of the advanced planning strategies they used. A sample of 117 third-grade children engaged in independent advanced planning and then composed a compare-and-contrast essay both before and after receiving a six-week text production fluency intervention. Analyses…
Descriptors: Planning, Writing Strategies, Writing (Composition), Elementary School Students
Jill Treece Leonard – ProQuest LLC, 2015
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the implementation of a Professional Learning Community (PLC) as a professional development model effective in altering teachers' perceptions of their knowledge and skill in teaching developmental writing in grades K-3. This research is necessary to examine how offering teachers…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, Teaching Methods, Models
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Cann, Damon; Karakaplan, Mustafa; Lubke, Margaret; Rowland, Cyndi – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
Students' basic reading and math skills can decline significantly during the summer months. Most attribute this to the prolonged period during which young students are outside of a structured learning environment (Cooper et al 1996). While summer learning loss occurs among all income groups, the effects are more pronounced for those from…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Foreign Countries, Summer Programs, Program Evaluation