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Direct linkSheeler, Danielle – Educational Forum, 2021
This paper focuses on the partnership between Writopia Lab and PS 89, a K-8, Title 1 School in the Bronx, to explore concrete ways of inviting joy and play into the classroom while interacting with the embedded obstacles within our education culture.
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Writing Instruction, Creative Writing, Neoliberalism
An Exploration of Prescriptive Writing Instruction and Possible Effects on State Assessment Outcomes
Jiel Joseph – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The study investigated the relationship between student proficiency on The Writing Revolution (TWR) evaluative scales and student performance on the English Language Arts Regents Exam (ELA Regents Exam). The participants (n = 54) were enrolled in an 11th grade English Language Arts Regents Preparatory class in a small urban New York City High…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Outcomes of Education, English Instruction, Language Arts
Parfitt, Elizabeth; Shane, Stephen – Community Literacy Journal, 2016
This snapshot describes and reflects upon two case studies of community writing projects between Emerson College and Boston Public Schools. Emerson College students were asked to tutor 10th grade BPS students for the English Language Arts portion of the state standardized assessment. Through both quantitative results and qualitative reflection,…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Writing Instruction, Community Programs, College School Cooperation
Download full textFong, Anthony B.; Finkelstein, Neal D. – WestEd, 2016
In 2015, Fong, Finkelstein, Jaeger, Diaz, and Broek reported the findings from an independent evaluation of the Expository Reading and Writing Course (ERWC). The evaluation found positive and statistically significant effects of the ERWC on student achievement. Due to some concerns that the previously reported results in Fong et al. (2015) did not…
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Regression (Statistics), Least Squares Statistics, Reading Instruction
Vasinda, Sheri, Ed.; Szabo, Susan, Ed.; Johnson, Robin D., Ed. – Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, 2015
The theme for the 58th annual conference of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER) was Bridging Cultures Through Literacy. In the first section of the Yearbook, Parker Fawson's presidential address captures the unique nature of ALER and its role in his professional development, and then moved beyond to capture the changing…
Descriptors: Literacy, Literacy Education, Reading Comprehension, Common Core State Standards
McAllister, Deborah A., Ed.; Cutcher, Cortney L., Ed. – Online Submission, 2010
As a part of the teacher licensure program at the graduate level at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC), the M.Ed. Licensure candidate is required to complete an action research project during a 3-semester-hour course that coincides with the 9-semester-hour student teaching experience. This course, Education 590 Culminating…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Multiple Intelligences, Physical Education, Research Projects
Brown, Justine – T.H.E. Journal, 2007
Mary Rooney, an eighth-grade English and language arts teacher at the K-8 John Welsh School in Philadelphia, spotted a problem. On one of the recent "mini" tests the school administers every six weeks to help students prepare for the state assessments, her classes averaged scores in the 80s, but in evaluating the results, Rooney noticed there were…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Management Systems, Educational Technology, Writing Instruction
Jago, Carol – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
In pondering the reasons for declining standardized test scores at higher grade levels, a California high-school teacher realized that instruction may not be keeping pace with tests. A study of Chicago Public Schools found that repeated or low-level instruction in math and language arts classes was commonplace. (MLH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Language Arts, Scores
Olson, Carol Booth; Land, Robert – Research in the Teaching of English, 2007
This study was conducted by members of a site of the California Writing Project in partnership with a large, urban, low-SES school district where 93% of the students speak English as a second language and 69% are designated Limited English Proficient. Over an eight-year period, a relatively stable group of 55 secondary teachers engaged in ongoing…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Writing Ability, Standardized Tests
Mueller, Vicki L. – Voices from the Middle, 2005
A class of reluctant readers and writers responded positively when topics were discussed orally before writing. As writing improved, the author of this article introduced "Coffee House"--themed settings for oral performance of student writing. After modeling her own writing, the author invited students to perform, gratified when even the most…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Picture Books, Writing Skills, Writing Processes
Peer reviewedMeyer, Jim – English Journal, 1999
Relates the experience of a college professor who spent two months as a student teacher in an eighth-grade language arts classroom in an urban public school. Discusses middle school teaching verses college teaching, coming to know the students, discipline, student testing, accountability, teaching writing, the failure of teacher-training programs,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Classroom Techniques, Discipline, English Instruction
Scales, Alice M., Ed.; Peebles, James D., Ed. – 1979
Eight papers addressing a variety of issues in communication skills and language arts instruction are contained in this document. Among the topics covered in the eight papers are the following: (1) language structure in teaching reading, (2) issues of dialect-specific materials, (3) language mismatch in the reading classroom, (4) miscue analysis,…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Communication Skills, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Robinson, Maxine – 1990
The evaluation process and results asociated with 1989-1990 reading (kindergarten through grade 12) and language arts (kindergarten through grade 5) programs of the Des Moines (Iowa) Independent Community School District are presented. The evaluation is divided into four parts: context; input; process; and product. Language arts instruction…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Strickland, Kathleen; Strickland, James – 2002
This book provides a guide for English language arts teachers in grades 6-12, demonstrating how students learn and how beliefs inform behavior. It promotes a student-centered and inquiry-based teaching philosophy. Seven chapters focus on: (1) "Education Begins with Philosophy" (e.g., belief shapes perception, curriculum in traditional and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Computer Uses in Education, Constructivism (Learning), Curriculum Development
