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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"Writing Activities"”.
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School-Home Performance Feedback with Home-Based Writing Activities: the Effects on Elementary Students’ Writing Fluency
… with strategies for implementing educational activities at home (Gettinger & Guetschow, 1998). The current study examined the effects of combining school-home performance feedback with home-based writing activities on students' writing fluency in comparison to students who participated in a …
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Effects Of Integrating Writing Activities On Students' Attitudes And Achievement In Problem Solving: An Action Research Study
… research study investigated my practice of using writing activities in the mathematics classroom. The study was conducted to determine the effect of integrating writing with mathematics on students' achievement in, and attitudes towards problem solving, and the relationship between students' …
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Namibian learners' and teachers perceptions regarding English second language writing activities: The case of selected schools in Windhoek
… regarding the English Second Language (ESL) writing activities in selected schools of the Windhoek. It aimed at addressing seven major questions that were pertinent in understanding the significance of ESL writing activities in the lives of the participants. These questions looked at the …
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The Effects of Modeled Writing on Early Literacy Development in Preschool Children
… in preschool children by engaging them in writing activities that were intentionally modeled within their typical classroom setting. Twenty-five typically developing children 3 to 5 years of age participated in the study. The "Picture Story/Word Story,” a preschool writing strategy …
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The Effects of Modeled Writing on Early Literacy Development in Preschool Children
… in preschool children by engaging them in writing activities that were intentionally modeled within their typical classroom setting. Twenty-five typically developing children 3 to 5 years of age participated in the study. The "Picture Story/Word Story,” a preschool writing strategy …
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An exploratory investigation on how authentic writing affects students' attitudes towards writing
… was to determine how students' attitudes towards writing are affected when authentic writing activities are implemented into the traditional writing curriculum. The students kept Lifebooks for a period of three weeks and there was an emphasis placed on writing that was personal and meaningful. …
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Student participation, interaction, and regulation in a computer-mediated communication environment
… that occurred in computer-mediated interactive writing activities in two different classroom settings: a freshman writing class and a plant biology lab. Both classes were equipped with a network of Macintosh computers and the Daedalus Integrated Writing Environment software which was used to …
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Technologically-Mediated Writing In The First Year Writing Classroom: Twitter And Immediate Writing
<p>A series of assignments in First Year Writing classes at Saginaw Valley State University utilizes social media to address issues of kairos in student writing experiences. The term "immediate writing" is applied to these writing activities which require students to produce polished writing in a …
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Assessment and collaborative writing: Conflict to complement
One of the fundamental problems facing writing instructors who use collaboration is that traditional assessment measures, such as in-class essay exams, undermine rather than support such writing activities that are rooted in social construction theory. While the use of collaboration in writing …
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Stories as theories: co-building critical and humanizing literacies’ spaces with Adivasi (indigenous) and De-notified tribal (DNT) youth in central India
… literary artifacts, and various critical writing activities, this classroom worked with the youth in exploring their everyday lived experiences, and with them asserting their voices and desires in this world. In building upon the existing work in India, this research hopes to contribute to …
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The Effects Of Journal Writing On Student Attitudes And Performance In Problem Solving
… This study investigated the practice of using writing activities in mathematics to improve student attitudes and performance in problem solving. The classroom teacher supplemented traditional mathematics instruction with daily problem solving activities and affective journal writing. Students …
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What happens when you use multicultural mentor texts as read alouds to generate ideas for writing personal narratives?
… texts as read alouds to generate ideas for writing personal narratives in 3rd grade readers and writers. By utilizing these mentor texts as read alouds this study seeks to determine what effects they have on writing personal narratives. The students in this study listened to weekly teacher …
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A intervenção psicopedagógica: um estudo de caso de uma criança com espectro autista
… presenting difficul ty in motricity, reading and writing as well as lack of interest in learning. Some of the instruments used throughout the intervention were anamnesis, log book, psychopedagogical games and reading and writing activities. The child showed a great performance and satisfactory …
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Assigning Myself: an Action Research Investigation Into the Making of Writing Assignments
Were teachers of writing to complete their own writing assignments before giving them to their students, they could better determine if the assignments they give allow examination of issues they, themselves, need to address, if their assignments tend to accommodate their own writing style …
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How Does The Use Of Picture Books During Instruction Improve Student Word Choice In Writing?
… instruction would improve student word choice in writing. Donald Graves (2003), a renowned researcher in the teaching of writing, states, "All children need . . . to be surrounded with poetry, stories, information books, biography, science and history, imaginative and factual books." Graves' …
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‘As I cannot write’: transforming perceived barriers toautobiographical writing through the use of experimental writingpractices
… disadvantage those who have difficulties with writing for reasons such as cognitive impairment, mental health problems, physical disabilities, or literacyissues. Such disadvantages can be a barrier to their ability to engage with writing activities which promote wellbeing, as current approaches …
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Learning, Breathing and Well-Being: Teachers' Reflections on Pedagogical Possibilities through Mindfulness
… lives. They then participated in four life writing activities and a final focus group activity. The results were analyzed and interpreted using the Integral model. The findings contributed to an exploration of the possibilities for mindful curriculum and learning. The analysis of findings, …
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