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Koulourianos, Eleni; Marienau, Vickie – 2001
This study describes strategies used to increase student confidence in their overall writing achievement. The targeted population consists of third and fifth grade students from the same district located in a northwest suburban area. This community is located near a large metropolitan city in a midwestern state. Lack of confidence in student…
Descriptors: Action Research, Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 5
Calhoun, Sean; Haley, Jennifer – 2003
This report describes a program for improving writing skills through choices of structured and unstructured writing process. The purpose of this program is to increase their ability to produce quality writing as measured by the district's fourth grade writing rubric. The targeted population consisted of an average fourth grade class, located in a…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Environment, Grade 4, Instructional Effectiveness
Islam, Chhanda – 1999
A study was conducted to determine and compare the literacy beliefs, knowledge bases, and practices of early childhood educators who espouse emergent literacy and reading readiness philosophies; to explore the relationship among beliefs, knowledge bases, and practices; and to examine the degree to which beliefs, knowledge bases, and practices were…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy, Kindergarten, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Godsey, Sherry B. – 2000
A teacher in a rural high school in East Tennessee observed that her high school advanced English students would readily agree to writing journal entries as long as they were allowed to use word processing software. In the past, students had bemoaned the daily ritual of journal writing using pencil and paper. The teacher wanted to find out if…
Descriptors: Action Research, Comparative Analysis, English Instruction, High Schools
National Association for the Education of Young Children, Washington, DC. – 1998
This brochure for parents reflects the position statement "Learning to Read and Write: Developmentally Appropriate Practices for Young Children," jointly issued by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the International Reading Association (IRA). The brochure discusses ten simple suggestions for parents…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Materials, Parent Teacher Cooperation
Jenkins, Carol Brennan; Earle, Alice Altfillisch – 1999
A study analyzed 368 letters (179 children letters and 189 adult letters) in order to document children's thinking about the substance of the epistolary genre and to determine the influence of the adult pen pal letters on the children's letters. Students, 19 third graders and 19 college students, were randomly paired as pen pals. Establishing six…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, College Students, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
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DiMatteo, Anthony – Computers and Composition, 1990
Describes the use of a real-time Local Area Network (LAN) in a basic reading and writing course. Argues that student use of real-time networks encourages democratization. Suggests that real-time writing offers opportunities to learn about writing, communication, topic exploration, brainstorming, and the role of identities in discourse. (SG)
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Computer Assisted Instruction, Discourse Analysis, Interaction
Manning, Maryann; Manning, Gary – Teaching PreK-8, 1994
Discusses ways that whole-language teachers can address the concerns raised by parents and others about why they do not teach spelling and handwriting in isolation but as part of various reading and writing activities. Notes that teachers often need to explain and justify their expertise and teaching methods to individuals not familiar with the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Criticism, Educational Attitudes, Elementary Education
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Winer, Lise – TESOL Quarterly, 1992
Data from student journals in an English-as-a-Second-Language writing practicum are used to trace the process by which practice of and reflection on specific activities change awareness of and attitudes toward writing and the teaching of writing. The paper demonstrates the necessity of integrating training and development in teacher education.…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Higher Education
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Jordan-Henley, Jennifer; Maid, Barry M. – Computers and Composition, 1995
Examines the impact of a pilot project in which undergraduates at Roane State Community College e-mailed drafts of essays to graduate students at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock who returned the drafts through e-mail with comments. Finds that students felt the experience was helpful. Discusses benefits of collaboration between two- and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Electronic Mail, Higher Education, Intercollegiate Cooperation
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Fracareta, Pamela; Phillips, Deborah J. – English Journal, 2000
Offers a close look at how three eighth-grade students used their writer's notebooks, examining what they thought of their writer's notebooks, what purposes they used them for, and how their responses changed over the course of the school year. Notes that the authors learned that their involvement in the writer's notebook was vital. Includes…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, Grade 8, Secondary Education
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Kuball, Yazmin Elizabeth; Peck, Sabrina – Bilingual Research Journal, 1997
A yearlong study investigated the effects of whole language-based instruction on the writing development of eight Spanish-speaking and eight English-speaking kindergarten children. The writing skills of the Spanish-speaking children developed similarly to those of the English-speaking children, refuting rationales used to place Spanish-speaking…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Emergent Literacy, Kindergarten Children, Limited English Speaking
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Webb, Patricia R. – Computers and Composition, 1997
Suggests that the revolutionary potentials of network technologies are not intrinsic to the technologies. Uses experiences of Daedalus Interchange in composition classrooms to argue for critical engagement with technologies. Suggests that unless writing teachers critically address students' perceptions of writing, they will replicate the same…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Educational Technology
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Read, Sylvia – Language Arts, 2001
Presents four case studies to examine how first and second graders worked together using source texts to write their own informational books. Concludes that all four pairs of students were successful in many ways. Notes how the students saw themselves as experts, and were able to see firsthand how important reading and writing were in their…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Development, Grade 1
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Shafer, Gregory – English Journal, 2001
Describes the author's experiences teaching composition to inmates at a women's minimum security prison. Describes how these students wrote with alacrity and passion, using writing as a tool to solve problems and enlighten. Discusses how mandated curriculum and assignment requirements were met, revisions made and issues of dialect discussed, while…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correctional Education, Curriculum, Females
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