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Hardiyanti, Rizki – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
Bilingual child ability in two languages is become popular issue in the comparison of those two languages. In this paper, the Indonesian bilingual child has parent, school and course using English actively, then his environment using Bahasa Indonesia. This research was conducted to measure ability and difficulties faced by bilingual child in…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Literacy, Qualitative Research, Observation
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Tang, Jinlan; Rich, Changhua Sun – JALT CALL Journal, 2017
This paper reports a series of research studies on the use of automated writing evaluation (awe) in secondary and university settings in China. The secondary school study featured the use of awe in six intact classes of 268 senior high school students for one academic year. The university study group comprised 460 students from five universities…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Revision (Written Composition)
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Shekarabi, Zeinab – International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Higher Education, 2017
Much research has been completed that focused on the role of drafting strategies in first language (L1) writing, but its role in second language (L2) writing is missing. The present study investigated the impact of outlining and free writing strategies on L2 academic writing in terms of overall quality, as well as more specifically in terms of…
Descriptors: Writing Strategies, Academic Language, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning
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Aghajanloo, Khadijeh; Mobini, Fariba; Khosravi, Robab – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
Written Corrective Feedback (WCF) is a controversial topic among theorists and researchers in L2 studies. Ellis, Sheen, Murakami, and Takashima (2008) identify two dominant dichotomies in this regard, that is focused vs. unfocused WCF and direct vs. indirect WCF. This study considered both dichotomies in a matrix format, resulted in the…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Writing Achievement, Error Correction, English (Second Language)
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Knudsen, Andrew T. – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2016
When historians discuss the impact of examinations on elementary education in mid-Victorian England and Wales they typically focus on the Revised Code of 1862. The Revised Code is famous for instituting a policy of "payment-by-results" for teachers in state-supported voluntary schools. "Payment-by-results" made government…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Educational Policy, Grants
Hixson, Nate; Rhudy, Vaughn – West Virginia Department of Education, 2012
To provide an opportunity for teachers to better understand the automated scoring process used by the state of West Virginia on our annual West Virginia Educational Standards Test 2 (WESTEST 2) Online Writing Assessment, the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) Office of Assessment and Accountability and the Office of Research conduct an…
Descriptors: Writing Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Automation, Scoring
Ricker-Pedley, Kathryn L. – Educational Testing Service, 2011
A pseudo-experimental study was conducted to examine the link between rater accuracy calibration performances and subsequent accuracy during operational scoring. The study asked 45 raters to score a 75-response calibration set and then a 100-response (operational) set of responses from a retired Graduate Record Examinations[R] (GRE[R]) writing…
Descriptors: Scoring, Accuracy, College Entrance Examinations, Writing Tests
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Damavandi, Zahra Mousazadeh; Hassaskhah, Jaleh; Zafarghandi, Amir Mahdavi – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2018
This study aims to examine the EFL learners' perception and process of writing development through using a digital storytelling tool, called "Storyjumper." To do so, 15 intermediate-level students were participants of the study. The participants' writing development was frequently assessed through a series of repeated writing tests…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Graham, Steve; Hebert, Michael; Paige Sandbank, Michael; Harris, Karen R. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2016
This study examined the number of writing samples needed to obtain a reliable estimate of young struggling writers' capabilities. It further assessed if performance in one genre was reflective of performance in other genres for these children. Second- and third-grade students (81 boys, 56 girls), who were identified as struggling writers in need…
Descriptors: Writing Achievement, Writing Difficulties, Writing (Composition), Norm Referenced Tests
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Matchinski, Tracy L.; Winters, Janis E. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2016
The ability to read print to help maintain independence and quality of life is a primary concern of people with visual impairments. One option for reading is a CCTV (closed-circuit television) or, using a more specific term, electronic magnifier. An electronic magnifier uses a camera to enlarge images onto a screen. The aim of this study was to…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Writing Achievement, Reading Achievement, Comparative Analysis
Koeppen, Olga Maritza – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This study analyzes Achieve3000, Lexia Core 5, and Imagine Learning software programs designed to increase student literacy levels in a six-week summer school program. The Brainology program was also used with 4th to 6th grade students to determine if there was an increase in growth mindset. Three elementary schools with the highest percentages of…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Computer Software, Teaching Methods, Literacy Education
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Bejar, Isaac I.; VanWinkle, Waverely; Madnani, Nitin; Lewis, William; Steier, Michael – ETS Research Report Series, 2013
The paper applies a natural language computational tool to study a potential construct-irrelevant response strategy, namely the use of "shell language." Although the study is motivated by the impending increase in the volume of scoring of students responses from assessments to be developed in response to the Race to the Top initiative,…
Descriptors: Responses, Language Usage, Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics
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Dong, Tian; Yue, Lu – English Language Teaching, 2015
This research attempts to discuss the validity of introducing the evaluation of students' critical thinking skills (CTS) into the assessment system of college English writing through an empirical study. In this paper, 30 College English Test Band 4 (CET-4) writing samples were collected and analyzed. Students' CTS and the final scores of collected…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, College English
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Agheshteh, Hessam – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
While the effects of L1 on L2 have been extensively investigated, the effects of L2 on L1 have been largely ignored. The present study attempted to address this issue by investigating the effects of L2 English on Iranian Bilinguals' L1 writing ability. For this end, 61 participants, 30 bilinguals and 31 monolinguals, were assessed on an…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Native Language, Indo European Languages
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Haddix, Marcelle – Theory Into Practice, 2015
The goals of teacher education must evolve beyond the teaching of strategies and methods toward a process for beginning teachers' critical interrogation of their social locations and the ways they engage with the realities of teaching and learning. One way that this is accomplished is by incorporating opportunities for community engagement…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Service Learning, School Community Programs
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