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Showing 1 to 20 of 50 for “"English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching"”.
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Some aspects of the problem of teaching English composition in American colleges and universities.
This study has for its purpose: (1) to learn something of the importance given to English composition in American colleges and universities; (2) to notice some material that may be of use to instructors of college and college preparatory English; and (3) to present some suggestions for improving …
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Motivating underachieving students to write
Middle schools--Writing apprehension--Adolescent motivation--Peer interaction--Student letters--Writing workshops--Literature logs--Student self-evaluation.
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Motivating underachieving students to write
Middle schools--Writing apprehension--Adolescent motivation--Peer interaction--Student letters--Writing workshops--Literature logs--Student self-evaluation.
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An exploratory investigation of the effects of prewriting on fifth grade students' writing ability
<p>The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not the use of a graphic organizer during the prewriting stage of the writing process improved the writing of narrative compositions in fifth grade students. For this study, the Four Square approach to writing was the selected prewriting …
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The Writing Workshop : Eighth Grade Girls' Self-Reported Attitudes Toward Self-Concept, Self-Esteem, and Writing Competency
Eighth grade girls, as part of their language arts class, were surveyed regarding attitudes toward the writing workshop experience in the fall of 1999 and the spring of 2000. Survey data, collected from forced-choice and open-ended items, included comparison to the American Association of …
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Cognitive writing strategies
<p>The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of cognitive strategy instruction in teaching writing. Writing is a process that results in a product. The learning that takes place will be continually developing and changing. Our goal as teachers of writing is to have our students …
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A study of the relationship between Let Me Learn and process writing: a qualitative analysis
… to examine the relationship between Let Me Learn and process writing. Christine A. Johnston's Let Me Learn Inventory was administered to a middle school class of 27 students, and 8 students were selected with use-first learning patterns in each of the four learning pattern categories. Once the 8 …
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The evaluation of the effectiveness of new writing and problem-solving classes and their impact on fourth grade New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge Test scores
<p>The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not two new programs created for Bellmawr Park School would be effective in raising scores in the New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (NJ ASK) test for fourth grade students. This research provided a pre and posttest for 62 fourth …
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The effects of writing process instruction on student compositions
… moved completely away from these drills and instead focused on creative writing. Currently, writing instruction seems to incorporate both philosophies, often times, through implementation of the writing process.</p> <p>This study was designed to accomplish three purposes: first to clearly …
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Process-writing instruction in one teacher's classes and its impact on the writing of her seventh grade students
… was improving one group of seventh grade language arts students' writing. Students in three classes with the same language arts teacher were involved in the study. Over the course of the first three marking periods, writing samples were collected from each of the students involved. Each …
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