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A Teaching Innovation Project on Writing Critical Essays in a "History of Psychology" Course
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Granado-Peinado, Miriam; Huertas, Juan Antonio – Teaching of Psychology, 2023
Background: Since its integration into the European Higher Education Area, the Spanish educational system has evolved, introducing innovations into university teaching methodologies. This new approach entails the development of capacities, competencies, and skills that enable students to develop their critical thinking. Objective: This work aims…
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Teaching Methods, Writing (Composition), Writing Assignments
Evolving Structure of Descriptive Texts and Learners' Abilities
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Tolchinsky, Liliana – Journal of Literacy Research, 2019
Learning to compose texts adequate for different purposes is crucial for becoming literate. We examined developmental changes in the rhetorical structure of written texts produced by Spanish children throughout the early years of elementary school in the light of descriptive writing purposes. Children had also performed tasks to test…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Writing Assignments
The Effects of Authentic Reading Activities on the Written Production of Novice College Spanish Students
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Capanegra, Ana Isabel – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Many scholars have researched reading-to-writing relations, some of which found reading to be an effective enhancer of writing (Al-Jarf, 2004; Asencior, 2006; Lee, 1986a; Lee & Riley, 1990; Perez-Sotelo & Gonzalez-Bueno, 2003; Shang, 2007). Similar beginner college student samples were used previously by Asencior (2006), Perez-Sotelo and…
Descriptors: Reading Writing Relationship, College Students, Experimental Groups, Control Groups
Analysis of Feedback Processes in Online Group Interaction: A Methodological Model
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Espasa, Anna; Guasch, Teresa; Alvarez, Ibis M. – Digital Education Review, 2013
The aim of this article is to present a methodological model to analyze students' group interaction to improve their essays in online learning environments, based on asynchronous and written communication. In these environments teacher and student scaffolds for discussion are essential to promote interaction. One of these scaffolds can be the…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Group Dynamics, Electronic Learning, Computer Mediated Communication
Cooperative Interactions in Peer Tutoring: Patterns and Sequences in Paired Writing
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Duran, David – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2010
The research analyzes the interaction of 24 students (12 pairs) of secondary students when using peer tutoring techniques to learn Catalan. Students worked together in a program to produce an authentic writing experience. Significant increases were observed in pre- and posttest Catalan attainment scores of students. An analysis of the…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Peer Teaching, Tutoring, Secondary School Students
Enhancing Writing Skills through Blogs in an EFL Class
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Vurdien, Ruby – European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL), 2012
Today Web 2.0 technologies, including blogs, are presenting both teachers and learners with new horizons in the field of language teaching and learning. A blog is an online journal which can be continuously updated by its users (Matheson, 2004). People can write their views at their own pace without space and time constraints. Blogs aid in the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Writing Skills, Electronic Publishing