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Collins, Penelope; Tate, Tamara P.; Lee, Joong won; Krishnan, Jenell A.; Warschauer, Mark – Grantee Submission, 2021
We examined the contributions of English proficiency, genre, and the use of textual sources to adolescent writing. The sample included 1819 native English speakers and language minority students from 127 seventh- and eighth-grade classes in an urban school district. Students were randomly assigned one of three source-based essay prompts…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Grade 7, Grade 8, Middle School Students
Cho, Minkyung; Kim, Young-Suk Grace; Olson, Carol B. – Grantee Submission, 2021
Perspective taking, one's knowledge of their own mental and emotional states and inferences about others' mental and emotional states, is an important skill for writing development. In the present study, we examined how perspective taking is expressed in writing and how it is related to overall writing quality. We analyzed seventh graders'…
Descriptors: Perspective Taking, Writing (Composition), Writing Skills, Thinking Skills
Dunn, Michael; Zajic, Matthew C.; Berninger, Virginia – Grantee Submission, 2020
Dysgraphia, a specific learning disability, impairs legible and automatic letter production by hand, which can interfere with written composing. The goal of the current study was not to investigate effective methods for teaching self-regulated writing to students with dysgraphia, but rather to investigate their self that is involved in their…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Writing Skills, Writing Instruction, Grade 4