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Townsend, Jane S.; And Others – Preventing School Failure, 1997
Principles of writing assessment with at-risk students are explained, including the importance of identifying the purposes of assessment, assessment in the classroom context, and inclusion of children's and parents' perspectives in assessment of the child's writing progress. (DB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, High Risk Students, Parent Participation
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Yarger, Carmel Collum – Volta Review, 1996
Discusses the use of the Test of Written Language (3rd ed.) in assessing the writing ability of students with significant hearing losses. Reviews the test's format, administration, scoring, standardization and norming. Evaluates the test's reliability and validity as a screening tool for determining student strengths and weaknesses. (CR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Hearing Impairments, Student Evaluation
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Fox, Brenda J.; Saracho, Olivia N. – Early Child Development and Care, 1990
Examines the progress of seven children, ages three to five years old, in the acquisition of written language. Relates findings to suggestions for types of writing experiences to provide in preschool programs. (PCB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy
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Chan, Lily; Louie, Lobo – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 1993
Analyzed drawing and writing of 60 Chinese boys and girls of 2 to 6 years. Children drew self-portraits and wrote their own name. There was an age effect in both tasks. Children as young as three years could differentiate drawing from writing. (MM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Beginning Writing, Foreign Countries, Freehand Drawing
Ferentinos, Nick – Communication: Journalism Education Today (C:JET), 1991
Discusses the importance of evaluating writing in publication form as the final step of a project before moving on to the next assignment. (MG)
Descriptors: Journalism Education, Secondary Education, Writing Ability, Writing Evaluation
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Artell, Mike – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 1993
Discusses the techniques used by an author and illustrator of children's books in visits to elementary school classrooms. The techniques use humor in the form of words that have great sounds but do not necessarily mean anything to encourage children to write and illustrate their work. (BB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Freehand Drawing
Rousseau, Marilyn K.; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1993
Students with (n=45) and without (n=60) mild mental retardation were compared on nine measures of syntactic complexity in writing at three grade levels (grades six, seven, and eight). Multivariate analysis of variance revealed significant differences for group but not for grade level or group by grade level. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Mild Mental Retardation
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Barclay, Kathy Dulaney – Illinois School Research and Development, 1991
Discusses the four stages of writing development through which children progress. Discusses what the early writing and reading of children can teach adults about emergent literacy. (MG)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Emergent Literacy, Preschool Education, Reading Writing Relationship
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Pope, Carol; Prater, Doris L. – Reading Research and Instruction, 1990
Compares the preferred prewriting invention strategies of advanced, average, and basic ability eleventh grade writers. Finds that freewriting was used most frequently by the total group of students as well as when advanced students' and average students' responses were considered separately. Includes comparisons of preferences by level of student…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Free Writing, Grade 11, High Schools
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Fagan, William T. – Ohio Reading Teacher, 1990
Investigates 156 third, fifth, and ninth grade students to determine whether the revising/editing process is related to age or instruction and learning. Finds that the tendency to engage in revision/editing is more related to one's writing ability than it is to age or level of cognitive development. (MG)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Editing, Elementary Secondary Education, Revision (Written Composition)
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Hamstra-Bletz, Lisa; Blote, Anke W. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1993
Annual evaluation for 5 years of the handwriting of 121 Dutch primary school children revealed that children with dysgraphic handwriting had lower fine motor ability, exhibited poorer structural performance, and, in higher grades, showed less preference for a personal style, than did other writers. Children with and without dysgraphic handwriting…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Handwriting, Longitudinal Studies
Riccio, Cynthia A.; Boan, Candace H.; Staniszewski, Deborah; Hynd, George W. – Diagnostique, 1997
A study involving 120 school-aged children that investigated the concurrent validity of measures of written language found that the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test Written Expression subtest correlates moderately with the Written Expression subtest of the Peabody Individual Achievement Test-Revised and the Spontaneous Writing Quotient of the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Test Reliability, Test Validity
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Baker, Tracey – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 2001
Presents and discusses a study of 129 first-year composition students that identifies both their expectations and frustrations. Focuses on how such results demonstrate students' ambivalence about classes and educators as well as their ability to function as effective writers. (SG)
Descriptors: Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Freshman Composition, Student Attitudes
Plitt, Bill – Phi Delta Kappan, 2004
Teachers face at least two dilemmas in our work to meet the academic needs of our students. The first dilemma is how to prepare our students to pass state-mandated tests without driving them away, given that many already see school as a place where they fail. The traditional "drill and practice" approach to remediation for low-performing…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, High Risk Students, Writing Ability, Standardized Tests
Deane, Paul – Library Journal, 2004
What does it mean to be literate in the 21st century? Fifty years ago a high school graduate with some basic reading and writing ability could get a well-paying blue-collar job. Today a person at the same level might have trouble finding good work and may be considered illiterate in some circles. The past half-century has brought us not only…
Descriptors: Professional Associations, Definitions, Writing Ability, Technological Literacy
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