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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Writer's workshop"”.
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Writer's workshop: the results when iPads are used by kindergarten students
… when kindergarten students use iPads during writer's workshop. The iPad was used on a daily basis to help determine what students were capable of when using this tool. Additionally, a series of mini lessons were used to teach various writing skill and traits. Qualitative inquiry strategies …
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Writer's Workshop in Kindergarten: A Study of Writing Mechanics, Attitudes, and Behaviors
… of this study was to explore the impact of the writer's workshop approach in a kindergarten classroom, given the confines of Reading First. The goal was to use this information to more effectively assist kindergarten students in developing their writing skills. This study was designed to …
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The Exploration of the Natural Integration of Writing During Play in Kindergarten
… how kindergarten children naturally integrate writer's workshop into ongoing play activities during free choice centers. The new Common Core standards have placed great emphasis on high standards and rigorous learning. In the classroom, this rigorous learning has translated to more instruction …
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Implementing professional learning communities to improve student writing achievement
… Community (PLC) have on the implementation of writer's workshop as measured by student writing achievement, teacher perceptions, and administrator perceptions? How does teacher participation in a PLC affect their perceptions of their ability to deliver writer's workshop? Specifically, what …
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What happens when writing notebooks are used in a first grade classroom?
… Writing notebooks were used along with the Writer's Workshop curriculum in which students learned how to revise, edit, and use professional literature as examples for writing techniques. Qualitative inquiry strategies such as student surveys, student written work, and observations were used …
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Effect of hands-on approach to editing and revising process on student self-evaluation of personal skills
… introduced to the hands-on approach through the writer's workshop format. Through the use of surveys, interview, observations, and student work samples, I measured the confidence levels of students before and after the introduction of the hands-on approach. The analysis of the data revealed that …
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Implementing literature circles in a fourth grade classroom
… comprehension questions, subject integration and writer's workshop worksheets, self-evaluations and observational notes taken during instruction. The data was analyzed using codes that examined the degree of difficulty a student had completing the task, the effort he/she showed, and the level of …
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The Black Gum Well
… Kentucky University. I attended three summer workshops at the Hindman Settlement School Writer's Workshop, Hindman, Kentucky, with classes under professors/authors Robert Morgan, Gurney Norman, Lee Smith and other noted others. My undergraduate study of the English novel and my graduate study …
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An Investigation of the Effects of Writing Instruction in an Ungraded Informal Learning Environment
… informal education. Both informal education and writer's workshop-style writing instruction put the individual and their choices at the center of the experience. VI This phenomenological study used the language of teacher and student participants gathered through the use of open-ended surveys, …
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Negotiating spaces: Student agency in writer’s workshop
… student agency is conceptualized and enacted in writer’s workshop classrooms. Context. This study was conducted in a diverse middle school in a small urban area. The two sixth grade classrooms were taught by a teacher with five years of experience. These classrooms implemented writer’s workshop …
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An assessment of the effectiveness of the POW plus TREE and COPS writing strategies
… purpose of writing is to communicate a message. Writers need a strategy or plan to communicate ideas clearly. To be successful and productive at each stage of authoring, it is important for students to be systematically taught these strategies.</p> <p>The individuals who will participate in this …
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Elementary Teachers of Writing: Paths, Passions, and Practices
… writing curriculum, and (c) the application of a Writer’s Workshop approach. The findings suggest that because writing is not a consistent instructional focus in schools across the United States, teachers may need to use their autonomy to make it a priority in their classrooms. To do this, they …
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Inquiry into the Writing Pedagogy for Middle School Language Arts
<p>This is a narrative inquiry into writing pedagogies of middle school language arts teachers and an administrator. Six teacher participants were interviewed and observed, their lesson plans were analyzed, and their instructional practices and writing philosophies were examined. Overarching …