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Conti, Maria; LaMance, Rachel; Miller-Cochran, Susan – Composition Forum, 2017
To address the needs and interests of primary stakeholders in a writing program, this article presents a model of "grassroots" assessment that involves instructors from all ranks as well as students in the development, facilitation, and interpretation of assessment results. The authors describe two assessment plans that measured student…
Descriptors: Writing Improvement, Needs Assessment, Stakeholders, Student Needs
Jensen, Mishan; Doolittle, Martha – Online Submission, 2018
This report summarizes the Austin Independent School District bilingual and English as a second language programs students' academic performance during 2017-2018. Students' advanced placement course performance, state academic tests (STAAR and EOC) performance, and graduation and dropout rates are summarized. [For the Executive Summary, see…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Ludemann, Pamela M.; McMakin, Deborah – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2014
The perceived value of peer editing to students is unclear. To investigate, first-year students (N = 35) completed a writing attitudes scale and first writing assignment in September 2012. The expected writing requirements were explained and handouts provided, as well as subsequent instructor feedback and grades. A second writing assignment was…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Attitudes, Peer Evaluation, Editing
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Kayapinar, Ulas – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2014
Problem Statement: There have been many attempts to research the effective assessment of writing ability, and many proposals for how this might be done. In this sense, rater reliability plays a crucial role for making vital decisions about testees in different turning points of both educational and professional life. Intra-rater and inter-rater…
Descriptors: Interrater Reliability, Essay Tests, Writing Tests, Grading
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Hamzadayi, Ergun – Education, 2015
The aim of this study was to examine the effect of progressive sentence development activities on 5th graders' description skills. The study was conducted based on the pretest-posttest quasi-experimental model with a control group. A total of 58 students participated in the study; 29 in the control group, and 29 in the experimental group. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Sentences
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Lin, Ming Huei – Educational Technology & Society, 2015
This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of integrating a learner-centered blogging approach into the EFL writing classroom in Taiwan. For this purpose, a 16-week experiment was conducted, involving an intact class of 18 university-level Taiwanese EFL student writers. During the experiment, the participants first created their own blogs on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Zheng, Binbin; Lawrence, Joshua; Warschauer, Mark; Lin, Chin-Hsi – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2015
Individual writing and collaborative writing skills are important for academic success, yet are poorly taught in K-12 classrooms. This study examines how sixth-grade students (n = 257) taught by two teachers used Google Docs to write and exchange feedback. We used longitudinal growth models to analyze a large number of student writing samples…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Writing Skills, Collaborative Writing, Grade 6
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Sultan, Nabil – Industry and Higher Education, 2013
The problem of poor academic writing among British university students is a major cause of concern for universities and their tutors; and it is also of concern to employers struggling to recruit individuals able to communicate clearly and accurately. This article reports on a study designed to highlight some of the reasons for the lack of writing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Skills, Skill Development, Academic Discourse
Otto, Claudia Cecilia – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This research is a classroom case study to determine the effectiveness of a color-embedded writing strategy on the writing performance of adolescents with mild-moderate disabilities. Assessment and documentation of students' composition skills progress was made using the TOWL-4 writing assessments. Comparisons were made between those students who…
Descriptors: Writing Strategies, Color, Writing Skills, Expressive Language
Brazelton, Barry Wayne – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the correlation between students' scores on Academy of READING (AOR) and their performance on the Georgia End of Course Test (GEOCT) for Ninth Grade Literature and Composition. The participants were ninth grade students enrolled in Ninth Grade Literature and Composition during the 2009-2010 school year at a…
Descriptors: High School Students, Correlation, Reading Tests, Literature Appreciation
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Johnson, David; VanBrackle, Lewis – Assessing Writing, 2012
Raters of Georgia's (USA) state-mandated college-level writing exam, which is intended to ensure a minimal university-level writing competency, are trained to grade holistically when assessing these exams. A guiding principle in holistic grading is to not focus exclusively on any one aspect of writing but rather to give equal weight to style,…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Linguistics, Writing Tests, English (Second Language)
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Wissinger, Daniel R.; De La Paz, Susan – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2016
In this experimental study, 151 middle school students explored 3 historical controversies, first reading and discussing primary source documents in groups, then writing arguments on their own. Students were either randomly assigned to an experimental condition, using argumentative schemes and critical questions as guides during discussions, or to…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Writing Assignments, History, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
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Troia, Gary A.; Graham, Steve – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2016
A random sample of 482 teachers in grades 3 through 8 from across the United States were surveyed about (a) their perceptions of the version of the Common Core writing and language standards adopted by their state and their state's writing assessment, (b) their preparation to teach writing, and (c) their self-efficacy beliefs for teaching writing.…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Lee, Jackie F. K. – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2016
Despite the high frequency of occurrences of "wh"-interrogatives in daily use, there are repeated negative comments about the poor mastery of the wh-interrogative structure among Hong Kong students. However, so far little attention has been paid to their difficulties in the acquisition of the structure. There is a strong need to…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Oral Language
Salmani Nodoushan, Mohammad Ali – Online Submission, 2016
Based on their scores on a proficiency test, the 894 participants in this study were grouped into three experimental groups (EG) and three control groups (CG). They attempted an argumentative writing task and the Cornell Critical Thinking Test, Form Z (CCTT-Form Z) as the pre-test. While CG participants received no treatment or placebo, EG…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Critical Thinking, Persuasive Discourse
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