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Showing 1 to 20 of 61 for “"Writing Performance"”.
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The Influence of The Task Upon Writing Performance
… to determine whether two different topics (a writing task with general information provided and a writing task with narrowly defined specific information provided) will elicit different qualities and syntactic characteristics of writing from a sample of upper college level students, this study …
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A National Study of Selected Attitudes and Approaches to Writing of Twelfth Grade Students With Superior Writing Performance Versus Those With Average Writing Performance
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The relationship between the application of scoring rubrics and writing performance
… between the knowledge and application of a writing scoring rubric to writing performance. Participants in a Minority Medical Education Program were given intense instruction in the use of the Medical Colleges Admissions Test Writing Sample scoring rubric. Scores from the participants' …
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Writing Strategy Instruction For Students With Learning Disabilities: Effects on Writing Performance and Fluency
… for strategies in advanced planning and essay writing. The results of this study indicated that a functional relationship existed between the independent variable and dependent variables as all subjects had changed their respective method of writing essays, and direct instruction had a positive …
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The Effects of Listening Comprehension on English Language Learners Writing Performance while Taking Notes
… on English Language Learners` (ELLs) writing performance while taking notes. A total of 30 ELLs were administered a questionnaire in order to find out the difficulties they face when taking notes. The results indicates that student face various difficulties when taking notes, citing …
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A scoping review of interventions used with individuals with dyslexia to improve their writing performance
… teams in schools to support the writing of students with dyslexia. Historically occupational therapists have worked within a very limited scope, most commonly to address the individual prerequisite components of writing, such as visual motor and perceptual skills, fine motor …
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Writing Ourselves Out of Trouble: Exploring the Possibilities of Restorative Practices on Ninth Grade Writing Performance
… penal system, may positively impact student writing and better prepare them for the demands of college composition. Using grounded theory as a foundation, I use classroom observations, student interviews, and student writing sample analysis to explore the following questions: 1) What does …
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Examining the Classification Accuracy of the Social, Academic, Emotional Behavior Risk Screener and Its Relationship with Writing Performance
… & Riley-Tillman, 2013) and another evaluating writing fluency (Curriculum-Based Measurement in Written Expression; CBM-WE). This study also evaluated the area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of the SAEBRS and CBM-WE for identifying students at-risk for writing …
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The Effects of Prompt Condition and Genre on the Writing Performance of Students in 3rd and 5th Grade
Research on writing at the elementary level has shown that prior knowledge and task environment can have a significant effect on writing performance. In addition, there is preliminary evidence that suggests that children's development in writing may vary by genre favoring the narrative over …
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A Structural Equation Model of the Influence of Personal, Behavioral, and Environmental Factors on the Writing Performance of First-year Students at a Selected Michigan Community College
<p>Problem.</p> <p>While previous writing performance studies have examined a range of motivational variables such as self-efficacy or writing apprehension, certain contextual variables and variables related to current writing pedagogy and practice have not been included, which has resulted in gaps …
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Factors Explaining EFL Learners' Performance in a Timed Essay Writing Test: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach
… knowledge as the most important predictor for L2 writing performance with all five variables explaining 70.4% of the variance in L2 writing performance. Further, a simultaneous multi-group SEM with high and low- L2 writing ability groups indicated that L2 writing performance was explained by the …
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Holistic Assessment of Creative Writing, Grades 1-6
… the efficacy of the Modified Grosse Pointe Writing Scale (MGP) in the holistic assessment of writing samples from grades 1-6. Investigated in the study was: (a) the relationship between students' writing performance and reading achievement, and (b) inter-rater reliability of the …
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Examining the Efficacy of Combining Cover, Copy, Compare and Performance Feedback: A Randomized Controlled Trial
… are performing below the proficient level in writing (Aud et al., 2012) and a key component in improving writing quality is the acquisition of proficient spelling skills (Berninger, 1999). One intervention, Cover, Copy, Compare, has shown effectiveness in improving third-grade students’ …
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The impact of an online collaboration tool on first-year community college students’ learning of expository writing
This exploratory study examined the reading-writing connection and the effects of online collaboration through the use of OneNote on improving the expository writing performance of first-year community college students. The intervention was a 10-week integrated reading and writing instructional …
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Collaborative writing assignments and on-line discussions in an advanced ESL composition class
… computer-mediated projects on students' writing performance. The subjects of the study were 20 advanced English as a Second Language (ESL) composition students enrolled in an English 107 course at the University of Arizona in the Spring 1999 semester. The class met twice a week: once in a …
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Curriculum Based Measurement-Written Expression: Effects of Choice and Interest on Third Graders’ Writing
… focuses on the area of reading and little on writing. Only one study was found that examined the effects of choice in story starters on students’ writing performance, and a few studies examined the effects of interest level of writing topics, although none using CBM as a measure. Past research …
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Fostering Strategic Second-Language Writers: A Study of Chinese English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) Writers’ Self-Regulated Learning Strategies, Self-Efficacy and Motivational Beliefs
… to second/foreign language (L2) learners' writing proficiency from the perspectives of self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies, motivational beliefs and self-efficacy. Composed of two phases, this mixed-methods research was to offer insightful empirical evidence for implementing effective …
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Chinese Students’ Metacognitive Experiences in Learning to Write in English as a Foreign Language (EFL): Metacognitive Growth and Writing Development
… and metacognitive strategies in the field of EFL writing has flourished, little is known about the effect of learners’ metacognitive experiences on their learning of EFL writing. To fill such an important gap, this study had three main focuses: 1) investigating Chinese students’ metacognitive …
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Web-based portfolio assessment : An open source solution for platform design
Summative assessments of student writing performance have been instrumental in the evaluation of student ability and analysis of educational programs. One method used to perform summative assessments of writing performance in post-secondary education is through the evaluation of student portfolios. …
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