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Lavelle, Ellen; Zuercher, Nancy – 1999
This study examined students' beliefs about themselves as writers and about their experiences of learning through writing. A sample of 30 students enrolled in 2 freshman composition classes at a medium-sized Midwestern university completed a 74-item inventory measuring student writing approaches. Following administration of the inventory, 13…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Holistic Evaluation, Student Attitudes
Breland, Hunter M.; Kubota, Melvin Y.; Bonner, Marilyn W. – College Entrance Examination Board, 1999
This study examined the SAT® II: Writing Subject Test as a predictor of writing performance in college English courses. Writing performance was based on eight writing samples submitted as part of regular course work by students in eight colleges. The samples consisted of drafts and final papers submitted in response to four take-home writing…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Writing Tests, College English, Predictive Validity

Freeman, Marjorie; Murphy, Michael – Mathematics and Computer Education, 1990
Described are experiences for incorporating writing assignments in mathematics and computer science courses. Reports survey results from students who participated in the courses. (YP)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Computer Science, Course Content, Higher Education

Hidi, Suzanne; McLaren, John A. – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1991
Describes a Canadian study attempting to relate the motivating power of interest to children's writing performance by supplementing background knowledge with topic relevant information. Reports that children with tutorial support on high interest subjects performed no better than others. Concludes that the motivational power of interesting topics…
Descriptors: Curiosity, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Grade 6
Flateby, Teresa L. – About Campus, 2005
Effective writing is a typical goal in undergraduate education, especially in general education program. In a survey recently conducted at the University of South Florida, one faculty member said, "I responded [to this survey] because I strongly believe that writing skills are essential for all college students regardless of their major field…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Writing Skills, Writing Improvement, Writing Research
Valdes, Guadalupe; And Others – 1992
This study: (1) examined assumptions made about development of second-language writing skills by the teaching profession, as reflected in the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) proficiency guidelines, and (2) investigated the relationship between those assumptions and actual skills development, as reflected in the work…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Linguistic Theory, Second Language Instruction
Dickinson, Susan – 1990
This practicum was designed to address the problem of low quantity and poor quality of writing in two lower level English classes (50 students). The objectives were to increase motivation for writing, thereby improving overall writing production by the students. A writing workshop was designed to improve the motivation of the students by…
Descriptors: High School Students, High Schools, Low Achievement, Student Motivation
Partridge, Susan – 1990
Students' essays are increasingly being included in the assessment of their writing ability. One scholar feels that in contrast to more traditional tests of writing ability, the Written Language Assessment bases its assessment on whole pieces of text the students write. The essays represent three different types of writing: expressive,…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education

Baumann, James F.; Ivey, Gay – Reading Research Quarterly, 1997
Explores what second-grade students learned about reading, writing, and literature through a year-long program of strategy instruction integrated within a literature-based environment. Reveals that students grew in overall instructional reading level, coming to view reading as a natural component of the school day; developed skill in word…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, Grade 2, Instructional Effectiveness

Dressel, Janice Hartwick – Research in the Teaching of English, 1990
Studies the effects of listening to and discussing different qualities of children's literature on fifth grade students' writing. Finds that stories written by children who heard and discussed higher quality literature were rated significantly differently on traits related to literary quality and genre development than those written by children…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Discussion Groups, Grade 5

Corcoran, Tim; Allen, Bill – Science Teacher, 1994
Describes activities that can be added to any chemistry curriculum and can offer students an opportunity to gain and practice skills in research, written and verbal communication, and database creation and use while working as a part of a problem-solving team. (JRH)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Communication Skills, Computer Literacy, Cooperative Learning

Glazer, Susan M. – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1991
This article reviews literature supporting the relationship of emotional factors and success in reading and writing activities, outlines physical and language behaviors that indicate emotional involvement with success or lack of success in comprehension, and presents strategies that help children understand what they need to do to read and write…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Development, Learning Strategies

Gambrell, Linda B.; Chasen, Steven P. – Reading Research and Instruction, 1991
Investigates the effects of explicit story structure instruction on below-average fourth and fifth grade readers' narrative writing performance. Finds that explicit story structure instruction positively influenced the narrative writing performance in terms of both quality and quantity of their writing. (MG)
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 5, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades

Levine, Tamar; Geldman-Caspar, Zehava – British Educational Research Journal, 1996
Reports the results of an analysis of science-related writing tasks of boys and girls. Indicates there were gendered differences in writing style and content, but similarities in quality. Reveals a narrower gender gap than that found when observing science and writing separately. Discusses practices for minimizing gendered differences in the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Gender Issues, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement
de Guzman, Sylvia – Asian-South Pacific Bureau of Adult Education, 2007
The Education Watch initiative is being implemented in the Solomon Islands by the Coalition on Education Solomon Islands (COESI) in partnership with Asian South Pacific Bureau of Adult Education (ASPBAE). COESI aims to generate a reliable body of information that will: (1) Accurately explain how much the national government has done and can do to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Education, Access to Education, Surveys