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Forbes, Karen – Research Papers in Education, 2019
While the importance of considering the wide variation among language learners has been brought to the forefront in recent years, the impact of such individual differences on the process of second or foreign language writing has been largely neglected. This paper aims to explore the ways in which individual students develop and transfer strategies…
Descriptors: Role, Individual Differences, Secondary School Students, Transfer of Training
Graham, Steve – Educational Psychologist, 2018
This article presents a revised version of the writer(s)-within-community model of writing. Writing is conceptualized as a social activity situated within specific writing communities. Writing in these communities is accomplished by its members. The model proposes that writing is simultaneously shaped and bound by the characteristics, capacity,…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Communities of Practice, Collaborative Writing, Models
Graham, Steve; Rijlaarsdam, Gert – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2016
This paper presents a special issue on writing around the globe. Researchers from across the world describe writing practices in their country using a wide variety of methodology. The papers show that while there are many similarities in writing instruction from one country to the next, there are also many differences. As a result, the authors…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Comparative Education, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
Voorhees, T. – CEA Forum, 2016
The key element of auto-ethnography, as distinct from memoir and autobiography, is the positioning of the writer within the social, cultural, economic, and political framework of what is being observed. T. Voorhees saw immense value in this positioning for students today, especially newer college students who understand their relationship to…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Ethnography, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction
Darren Masserman – English Journal, 2015
This article argues that the goal of an educator is to help students realize they can be effective writers by giving them the ability to demonstrate their skills. Scene writing can make writing seem less like a chore and more like an opportunity to express ideas. As students write scenes that include both dialogue and action, they gain a deeper…
Descriptors: English Teachers, Language Arts, Writing (Composition), Dramatics
Aslim Yetis, Veda – International Education Studies, 2017
Conducted on French Language Teaching students, this research aims to determine the causes of writing anxiety. Designed in accordance with the mixed method, a writing anxiety inventory, a language proficiency exam, a retrospective composing-process questionnaire, a writing attitude scale and semi-structured interviews were used. After identifying…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Second Language Learning, French
Fischer, Laura M.; Myers, Courtney A.; Dobelbower, Sinclaire E. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2017
Writing skills are imperative for students in any career; however, many students have acknowledged avoiding courses that emphasize writing. These same students fail to learn proper mechanics during their post-secondary education. Writing intensive courses have served as a place where students have the opportunity to improve confidence, minimize…
Descriptors: Writing Apprehension, Student Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Qualitative Research
Vega, Luisa Fernanda Sánchez; Pinzón, Margarita María López – Latin American Journal of Content and Language Integrated Learning, 2019
The objective of this action research study was to assess the impact of the Process-Based Approach (PBA) on the development of the writing skills of young students who are learning English as a Foreign Language. The participants included 12 third-grade students from a bilingual private school in Manizales, Caldas. Six workshops were implemented,…
Descriptors: Process Approach (Writing), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Writing Strategies
Medway, Peter – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2015
In taking into account the realities of the writing process in the ways teachers organize their classrooms, they inescapably find themselves involved with the notion of student autonomy. Some guidelines for supporting independent-minded adolescents in the classroom suggest themselves, and this article provides other suggestions for planning…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Personal Autonomy, Adolescents, Teaching Methods
Sableski, Mary-Kate; Arnold, Jackie Marshall; Adomat, Donna Sayers – Journal of Children's Literature, 2015
Books provide an opportunity through which children can learn what it means to be in the world and to respond flexibly and creatively to a diverse range of situations. Author/illustrator Kadir Nelson creates books that provide these opportunities for readers of all ages. A dominant theme in current conversations surrounding children's literature…
Descriptors: Interviews, Childrens Literature, Authors, Writing Attitudes
Zachary C. Beare; Marcus Meade – College Composition and Communication, 2015
Through an analysis of student writing and interviews, this article examines hyperbole as a neglected rhetorical device. The authors trouble notions of hyperbole as error and argue for a--reconceptualization of hyperbole as potentially highly communicative and able to convey emotional tone, passion, and significance while maintaining brevity.
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Discourse Analysis, Rhetoric, Writing Strategies
Taggart, Amy Rupiper; Laughlin, Mary – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2017
A continuous challenge in the writing classroom is maintaining openness and positivity around feedback. There are myriad factors that influence the felt experience of the feedback process, and the researchers wanted to understand better how students experience and perceive negative moments, as well as what factors remain salient in their minds…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Psychological Patterns, Negative Attitudes
Bromley, Pam; Northway, Kara; Schonberg, Eliana – Across the Disciplines, 2016
Taking a dispositional view of transfer and applying Joanne Lobato's "actor-oriented transfer perspective," we analyze student perceptions of writing center visits at three very different institutions. We find that, as a nonevaluative space where university students can develop metacognitive awareness across disciplines and over time,…
Descriptors: Writing Across the Curriculum, Transfer of Training, Writing Instruction, Laboratories
Meishar-Tal, Hagit; Shonfeld, Miri – Interactive Learning Environments, 2019
This study took place in a school which adopted a "paperless classroom" policy. The purpose of the study was to examine whether students who learn in a paperless classroom really prefer reading and writing on computers rather than on paper and whether their preferences differ according to contextual conditions and personal differences.…
Descriptors: Preferences, Classroom Environment, Computer Uses in Education, Printed Materials
de Smedt, Fien; Graham, Steve; Van Keer, Hilde – Journal of Educational Research, 2019
The authors investigated the impact of explicit instruction and peer-assisted writing on students' writing motivation and self-efficacy for writing. Eleven teachers and their 206 fifth- and sixth-grade students participated in a 2 (explicit instruction vs. writing opportunities without explicit instruction) × 2 (peer-assisted writing vs. writing…
Descriptors: Writing Attitudes, Direct Instruction, Self Efficacy, Grade 5