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Graham, Steve; Hebert, Michael; Fishman, Evan; Ray, Amber B.; Rouse, Amy Gillespie – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2020
In this meta-analysis, we examined whether children classified with specific language impairment (SLI) experience difficulties with writing. We included studies comparing children with SLI to (a) typically developing peers matched on age (k = 39 studies) and (b) typically developing younger peers with similar language capabilities (k = six…
Descriptors: Writing Difficulties, Language Impairments, Learning Disabilities, Writing Skills
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Rodgers, Derek B.; Reed, Deborah K.; Houchins, David E.; Aloe, Ariel M. – Journal of Educational Research, 2020
To better understand the writing skills of juvenile offenders and the components of their writing abilities, this study explored extant data from six measures of adolescents' writing skills administered upon their entrance into a juvenile justice facility. Overall, the 235 students (ages 13-16; Grades 5-11) exhibited low scores on all writing…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Juvenile Justice, Correctional Institutions, Adolescents
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Truckenmiller, Adrea J.; Petscher, Yaacov – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2020
Academic language has been identified as an important focus for instructing students about the quality of written composition they need to be successful in college and career. However, the role of academic language in written composition achievement is not well understood. This study explores the role of academic language skills in students'…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Writing (Composition), Elementary School Students, Middle School Students
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Choi, Ikkyu; Hao, Jiangang; Deane, Paul; Zhang, Mo – ETS Research Report Series, 2021
"Biometrics" are physical or behavioral human characteristics that can be used to identify a person. It is widely known that keystroke or typing dynamics for short, fixed texts (e.g., passwords) could serve as a behavioral biometric. In this study, we investigate whether keystroke data from essay responses can lead to a reliable…
Descriptors: Accuracy, High Stakes Tests, Writing Tests, Benchmarking
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Tomak, Burak – African Educational Research Journal, 2021
Writing is one of the productive skills for language learners. This study was conducted to design a unit for language students who were enrolled in the School of Foreign Languages in one of the most prestigious Turkish state universities located in Istanbul. These learners had been taught different academic essay types in this educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Design, Writing Instruction, Persuasive Discourse
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Buttiler, Maria Belen – TESL-EJ, 2021
In this study, I investigate whether three A2 Key for Schools practice tests from Cambridge Assessment English for 6th-graders (11-12 years old) in Argentina measure growth and produce scores that are meaningful. Drawing data from three consecutive years, I analyze the scores of 80 children over a school year and consider whether the tests are…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Kadmiry, Mariam – Arab World English Journal, 2021
Writing is an important language skill, and learning to write is not an easy endeavour, especially for English as a foreign language (EFL) students. An effective EFL writing instruction, therefore, plays a significant role in helping EFL students deal with writing problems efficiently and approach writing tasks effectively. Based on this premise,…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Process Approach (Writing), Persuasive Discourse
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Bastianello, Tamara; Brondino, Margherita; Persici, Valentina; Majorano, Marinella – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2023
The present contribution aims at presenting an assessment tool (i.e., the TALK-assessment) built to evaluate the language development and school readiness of Italian preschoolers before they enter primary school, and its predictive validity for the children's reading and writing skills at the end of the first year of primary school. The early…
Descriptors: Literacy, Computer Assisted Testing, Italian, Language Acquisition
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Kimberley Pager-McClymont; Evangelia Papathanasiou – English in Education, 2023
In this study, we used Conceptual Metaphor Theory (henceforth CMT) for the benefit of English for Academic Purposes' teaching and learning. CMT underpins how in metaphorical expressions, one concept is understood in terms of another. We argue that CMT can help students understand and master argumentation skills and essay structure, although there…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning
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Tri Jalmo; Tri Suwandi – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2018
This research aims to explore the concept of mental model of students about genetic concepts through drawing-writing test. The participants were 85 students of Biology Education at University of Lampung, which has taken genetics course. Mental model of students was categorized into five levels (levels 1-5) based on coding framework which was…
Descriptors: Genetics, Biology, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
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Gannon, Susanne – English in Australia, 2019
While there have been various investigations into the impact of standardised testing in Australian schools over the decade since the introduction of NAPLAN testing, few of these have focused on the extended writing component in particular or on the experiences of secondary English teachers. These teachers are of interest because, despite…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Competency Tests, Literacy, Numeracy
Singh, Rashmi – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this study was to establish the reliability and validity of the construct map for students' conception of equivalence with special emphasis on investigating the impact of structure of equation on students' conception of equivalence. The study examined the role of structure of equations in identifying students' conception of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Knowledge Level, Equations (Mathematics), Mathematical Concepts
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Phuntsho, Ugyen; Wangdi, Dumcho – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2020
The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of using Six Thinking Hats (STH) strategy on the development of writing skill and creativity of seventh grade EFL students. A pretest and posttest quasi-experimental research design was employed involving 65 (34 control, 31 experimental) seventh grade EFL students studying in one of the higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Grade 7, Writing Instruction
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Monteiro, Kátia R.; Crossley, Scott A.; Kyle, Kristopher – Applied Linguistics, 2020
Lexical items that are encountered more frequently and in varying contexts have important effects on second language (L2) development because frequent and contextually diverse words are learned faster and become more entrenched in a learner's lexicon (Ellis 2002a, b). Despite evidence that L2 learners are generally exposed to non-native input,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Benchmarking
Kim, Young-Suk Grace – Grantee Submission, 2020
I propose an integrative theoretical framework for reading and writing acquisition, called the interactive dynamic literacy model, after reviewing theoretical models of reading and writing, and recent efforts in integrating theoretical models within reading and writing, respectively. The central idea of the interactive dynamic literacy model is…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Literacy, Reading Writing Relationship, Models
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