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Ulu, Hacer – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2019
In this research, creative writing of 4th grade students in terms of children's gender, attendance of a keeping a diary, mother's educational background, father's educational background and the number of books read were examined. The sample of this study consisted of 4th grade students. It was drawn from 6 primary schools in the city of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Creative Writing, Writing Skills
Akyol, Hayati; Aktas, Nurhan – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2018
The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between fourth-grade primary school students' story-writing skills and their motivation to write. The study group of the research is made up of 165 fourth-grade students. The study was conducted within the framework of the survey model. Within the scope of the research, the Motivation to Write…
Descriptors: Correlation, Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Writing Skills
Miller, Rhonda D. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Studies with monolingual English speakers have demonstrated the significance of children's narrative development for the acquisition of literacy skills. This research has shown that children's ability to perform school narrative tasks may significantly predict children's early literacy skills (Gutierrez-Clellen, 2002), including English reading…
Descriptors: Story Grammar, Oral Language, Language Skills, Story Telling
Hough, Tameron M.; Hixson, Michael D.; Decker, Dawn; Bradley-Johnson, Sharon – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2012
The National Assessment of Educational Progress found that only 25% of 4th, 8th, and 12th grade students were at grade-level writing proficiency (Greenwald et al. 1999). Insufficient writing skill is a major contributor to lack of school and college success. The current study evaluated a modification of "Quickwrite" (Maloney 1998), a strategic…
Descriptors: Story Grammar, Intervention, National Competency Tests, Writing Skills
Oakhill, Jane V.; Cain, Kate – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2012
We report a longitudinal study investigating the predictors of reading comprehension and word reading accuracy between the ages of 7 to 8 (UK Year 3) and 10 to 11 years (Year 6). We found that different skills predicted the development of each. Reading comprehension skill measured in Year 3 was a strong predictor of comprehension in Year 6;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Word Recognition, Accuracy
Kucer, Stephen B. – Journal of Research in Reading, 2010
This research explores the impact of flashbacks and changes in settings and narrators on reader comprehension. Individually, 34 fourth graders (9 and 10 years of age), mostly with above average reading abilities (5.0), orally read the first chapter of a novel. Both publisher and readability formulae estimated the text to be at a fourth- grade…
Descriptors: Time Perspective, Literary Devices, Narration, Geographic Location
Stagliano, Christina; Boon, Richard T. – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of using a story-mapping procedure to improve and enhance the reading comprehension skills using expository text passages for 3 fourth-grade students with learning disabilities (LD). The study was conducted in the resource classroom in which the participants regularly received reading…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Instructional Materials
Wade, Erin; Boon, Richard T.; Spencer, Vicky G. – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2010
The aim of this research brief was to explore the efficacy of story mapping, with the integration of Kidspiration[C] software, to enhance the reading comprehension skills of story grammar components for elementary-age students. Three students served as the participants, two in third grade and one in fourth, with specific learning disabilities…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Story Grammar, Learning Disabilities, Computer Software
Olinghouse, Natalie G.; Graham, Steve – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
This study examined whether discourse knowledge about various forms of writing predicted young developing writers' (Grade 2 and Grade 4 students) story writing performance once 4 writing (handwriting fluency, spelling, attitude toward writing, advanced planning) and 3 nonwriting (grade, gender, basic reading skills) variables were controlled. It…
Descriptors: Story Grammar, Student Motivation, Grade 4, Grade 2
Peterson-Karlan, George; Hourcade, Jack J.; Parette, Phil – Physical Disabilities: Education and Related Services, 2008
In recent years effective instruction in reading for learners with physical and educational disabilities has received great attention in the schools. However, instruction in the corollary skill of writing has received considerably less emphasis. This review paper notes that through the use of assistive technology, students with a variety of…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Writing Skills, Assistive Technology, Expository Writing
Xin, Yan Ping; Wiles, Ben; Lin, Yu-Ying – Journal of Special Education, 2008
Borrowing the concept of story grammar from reading comprehension literature, the purpose of this study was to examine the effect of teaching "word problem (WP) story grammar" on arithmetic WP solving that emphasizes the algebraic expression of mathematical relations in conceptual models. Participants were five students in Grades 4 and 5 with or…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Story Grammar, Grade 4, Arithmetic
Boulineau, Tori; Fore, Cecil, III; Hagan-Burke, Shanna; Burke, Mack D. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2004
This study examined the use of story-mapping to improve the reading comprehension of six third- and fourth-grade students with specific learning disabilities who exhibited reading deficits. Also of interest was whether the effects would maintain once the intervention was discontinued. Using a descriptive, three-phased, single-subject design, the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Identification, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement
Molina, Bogusia; Brigman, Greg; Rhone, Angela – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2003
A multicultural model for children in Grades K through 5 to foster skills needed for success is presented. The learning, living, and working (LLW) group work model focuses on three skill sets identified by multiple researchers over the past 30 years as necessary for success in school, relationships, and work. These three skill sets--learning…
Descriptors: Story Grammar, Service Learning, Play, Academic Achievement