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Download full textLambert, Glenda M. S. – 1999
A program was implemented to help improve 12th grade Honors English students' writing skills through conferencing. The targeted group consisted of 13 students who experienced difficulties in writing effective written pieces. Their writing included fragments, run-on sentences, and improper use of punctuation. On the Stanford Achievement Test given…
Descriptors: Grade 12, High Schools, Honors Curriculum, Instructional Effectiveness
Marchesani, Richard J. – 1992
A practicum sought to improve student writing and student attitude towards writing through a performance-based assessment which featured peer and teacher conferencing, holistic grading, and publication of material written by students. The practicum involved seventh and eighth graders and five teachers who instituted all aspects of the writing…
Descriptors: Holistic Evaluation, Junior High Schools, Performance Based Assessment, Portfolios (Background Materials)
McKeague, Patricia M.; Reis, Elizabeth – 1990
In 1990, Moraine Valley Community College conducted a study of writing centers at community colleges belonging to the League for Innovation in the Community College. The survey was designed to gather information on the staffing, facilities, services, operations, budget, and evaluation of writing centers. Questionnaires were sent to and returned by…
Descriptors: Budgets, Charts, Community Colleges, Educational Facilities
Buhrke, Lynn; Henkels, Lori; Klene, Jennifer; Pfister, Heather – 2002
This report describes a program for improving writing skills and related attitudes towards writing of elementary students. The target population consisted of fourth grade students in stable middle to upper class suburban communities, located northwest of a large midwestern city. The problems of inadequate writing skills and poor writing attitudes…
Descriptors: Action Research, Grade 4, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades
Aravena, Miriam; Farrell, Dena; Messina, Barbara; Neswold, Sharon – 1997
A study examined a program for promoting standard writing skill development to facilitate effective communication. Targeted were three regular third- and fourth-grade classes and one bilingual fourth-grade class in growing, middle class communities located west of a large metropolitan area. The lack of developmentally appropriate spelling and…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Cooperative Learning
Hackett, Kimberly; Wilson, Theresa – 1995
A study investigated the effectiveness of an intervention for improving adolescent writing and speaking using mathematical language. The targeted population consists of high school students in a growing, middle- and upper-middle-class, suburban community located west of Chicago, Illinois. The problems of writing and speaking using mathematical…
Descriptors: Action Research, Communication Skills, Cooperative Learning, High Schools
Agnew, Nancy – 1995
A study examined the effectiveness of a program for improving student writing skills by using whole language. Targeted population was a fifth grade class of 30 students in a stable middle class, suburban community, located in Rockford, Illinois. Writing deficiencies were documented through data gathered from norm referenced tests, quality and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Grade 5, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades
Cuevas, Rosilis – 1995
A practicum developed and implemented a program to help change students' negative attitude toward writing, with the conviction that if students enjoy writing they will write more and produce writing that clearly communicates their ideas. The practicum's objectives were for 50% of the targeted students to: (1) write for at least 15-20 minutes at a…
Descriptors: Grade 9, High Schools, Process Approach (Writing), Program Effectiveness
Pierce, Joyce; And Others – 1997
This report describes a program for motivating reluctant writers. The targeted population consisted of one fourth-grade and four fifth-grade classrooms in three elementary schools. All three schools were located in the western suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. The problems of reluctant writers were documented with timed writing samples, student and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Cooperative Learning, Grade 4, Grade 5
Word, Miriam F. – 1990
In 1989, a project was undertaken to improve the student success rate in a writing course (Communications I) at a Florida multi-campus institution. Of the 489 students who had taken the course, 18% were unsuccessful in completing it in one semester. Three observed student behaviors which contributed to poor writing performance were an inability to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Surveys, Two Year Colleges
Owston, Ronald D.; And Others – 1990
A study assessed the impact of word processing on the writing of junior high school students, experienced in working with computers, for a number of tasks, including writing. Subjects, 111 eighth grade students in four communications arts classes at a Canadian middle-class suburban school, who had been using computers for writing for a year and a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Multivariate Analysis
Hillary, Karyn – 1996
A teacher inservice training program was developed to increase student writing skills in a suburban elementary school. Subjects were 9 teachers and 200 third and fourth grade students. Strategies included implementing demand writing activities into the content area curriculum. For subject students, levels of success were measured by pre-training…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 4, Inservice Teacher Education
O'Rourke, Anne; Philips, David – 1989
A study (part of the New Zealand Writing Project) investigated how teachers respond effectively to their students' writing. Several related issues were investigated, including whether "good" teachers of writing at various levels differ in approach and techniques used, and which practices bring about improvement at different ages.…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Moilanen, Carolyn – 1987
Intended for use as a training model for writing teacher inservice efforts, this report surveys the Portland (Oregon) Writing Project which was designed specifically to improve the quality of writing instruction and the quality of student writing in Portland schools. Following an introduction that outlines the goals of the project, the report…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Outcomes of Education, Program Descriptions
France, Coreen – 2003
This report describes a program to increase intermediate students' interest in writing through the integration of technology. The targeted population consisted of fifth grade students at a medium sized elementary school in the suburb of a large midwestern city. The problem was the low level of student interest in classroom writing activities. The…
Descriptors: Action Research, Computer Uses in Education, Grade 5, Hypermedia
