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Tessier, Jack T.; Tessier, Lisa M.; Gashler, Daniel; Levitt, Cheryle; London, Julie; West, Benjamin S.; Winters, Nancy – College Teaching, 2023
College faculty faces decisions about how to provide feedback on written work. We compared the quality of student writing and student impressions of feedback from both full and minimal markup methods. There was only one significant difference in the quality of writing or content between full and minimal markup. Students scored the functionality of…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Writing Instruction, Writing Improvement, Writing Skills
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Saddler, Bruce; Asaro-Saddler, Kristie; Moeyaert, Mariola; Cuccio-Slichko, Julienne – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2019
In this single-case design study we examined the effects of a summarizing strategy on the written summaries of students with learning disabilities (LD). Three students with LD in fifth and sixth grades learned a mnemonic-based strategy (WINDOW) for writing summaries taught using the self-regulated strategy development (SRSD) approach. Visual…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Grade 5
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Peltola, Arlene – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2018
A recent (2015) study conducted by the Society of Human Resource Managers concluded that nearly half of US employers, across industries, believe recent college graduates to be lacking in requisite competencies for communication, broadly, and writing, in particular. This paper describes an advanced writing course in public relations that seeks to…
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, Writing Instruction, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Advanced Courses
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Halwani, Noha – English Language Teaching, 2017
Education involves more than simply passing the final test. Rather, it is the process of educating an entire generation. This research project focused on language learners of English as a Second Language. This action research was conducted in an ESL classroom in H. Frank Carey High School, one of five high schools in the Sewanhaka Central District…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Second Language Learning, Visual Aids, Multimedia Materials
Center for Children and Technology, Education Development Center, Inc, 2016
"Fable Writer" is an online reading, writing and research tool designed to facilitate synchronous, collaborative writing tool that enables learners to read and copy text and images from teacher-curated books and Web-based resources in the "Fable Reader" digital library. The "Fable Writer" project addressed two…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Collaborative Writing, Writing (Composition), Computer Uses in Education
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Gallagher, H. Alix; Arshan, Nicole; Woodworth, Katrina – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
Writing is an essential skill for participating in modern American society. Although it is crucial to careers and civic engagement, student writing falls far short of national expectations (College Board, 2004; NCES, 2012; Persky, Daane, & Jin, 2003). The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) seek to increase the rigor of writing instruction…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Writing Instruction, National Programs