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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Writing Prompts"”.
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Constructing and Validating Parallel Forms of Performance-Based Writing Prompts in an Academic Setting
… degree of comparability among the three new EPT writing prompts was generally quite high in terms of both the placement reproducibility and the skill profile consistency, despite their slight differences in terms of the ""fit-to-specification"". In addition, it was found that the three new …
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An Examination of Secondary Mathematics Teachers' Tpack Development Through Participation in a Technology-Based Lesson Study
… initial and post-classroom observations, writing prompts, and transcriptions of lesson study group meetings. Data were analyzed to determine the TPACK development levels for different themes of the model at different stages during the lesson study process. Thick descriptions are provided …
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Success in Science: The Power of Writing on Attitudes and Knowledge Acquisition in Middle School Science
… with regard to scientific literacy and writing to articulate knowledge. This project explores a science curriculum that uses diverse resources like children's literature, poetry, nature journals, and writing prompts to explore learning and attitudes in the middle school science …
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How do first graders define a family?
… a classroom library containing family books, and writing prompts contained in My Family Journal. The data collected and analyzed was from student discussion, the subjects' work, direct observation of pupils, the instructional unit, and a teacher research journal. It was found that the first …
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Intervening to Increase Expressions of Gratitude
… while studies 2, 3, and 5 included responding to writing prompts prior to declaring an intention to express gratitude. Students in one class of Study 5 were also offered Actively-Caring for People (AC4P) wristbands that served as "tangible reminders of kindness" (Geller, 2013). Students in all …
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A study examining the effect of multi-sensory stimulation on the descriptive writing of fourth grade students
… to determine if multi-sensory stimulation during writing exercises would increase the number of descriptive elements used by fourth grade students. Thirty-five students in two intact classrooms participated in the nonequivalent control group design study. A learning styles questionnaire was …
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The effects of implementing heterogeneous writing groups in a fifth grade classroom
… how heterogeneous grouping, particularly in writing, would impact the learning and social community in a fifth grade inclusion classroom. The students were given writing prompts that enforced the use of collaborative writing. Qualitative data was collected through the use of student …
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“Fixed Mindsets” and the Deprecation of Youth Voice
<p>This research explored reflective writing as a tool for understanding critical consciousness, with 10th and 11th-grade history students as a form of engaged research toward understanding self-efficacy and civic agency. It was situated in a framework of Critical Race Theory (Bryant et. al., 2015) …
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"I Don't Want to Hurt Anyone's Feelings": Using Race as a Writing Prompt in First Year Writing
… tools to fully engage in critical thinking and writing on the college level. One of the most common methods of organizing FYC is to use a topic as the center of all the reading and writing prompts. The use of outside subject matter to teach FYC is a common practice that is rarely interrogated …
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Evaluation of the Externship Within a Master's Degree Program for Mathematics Specialists at Virginia Tech
… included a teacher survey, teacher interviews, writing prompts, teacher observations, and teacher final project presentations. This evaluation was designed to answer the question: Do the teachers feel that the requirements of this Masters' Degree Externship have prepared them for their role as a …
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Academic Reading and Writing at the College Level: Action Research in a Classroom of a homogeneous Group of Male Students from Saudi Arabia
… along with sample activities, study guides, and writing prompts. The study focuses on the Essay Exam unit of the English 101 curriculum and my efforts at teaching academic reading and writing. As this research uses a theoretical framework of constructivist grounded theory, it addresses the …
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AN INVESTIGATION OF LOWER SECONDARY PUPILS' IMAGES OF MATHEMATICS AND MATHEMATICIANS
… included a Likert-type scale and open-ended writing prompts, was designed and developed for use in an international study of pupils in five countries (n = 476). The results indicate that while some pupils hold stereotypical images in common, all pupils appear to know very little about …
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Curriculum Based on Student Narrative Writing Designed to Affect Engagement and Writing Proficiency in an Urban High School
… school that engages all students and improves writing skills. Many students, but particularly students of color, are entering high school with writing skills that are far below grade level and do not receive the skills needed to write at a proficient level; there exists an achievement gap …
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An Examination of the Discourse in a Graduate Mathematics Methods Course
… field notes gathered, documents collected, and writing prompts completed. Interviews were conducted with three prospective teachers through electronic mail. Inductive analysis was used to analyze the data. Findings indicate that teacher knowledge is separated into two entities and different …
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Exploring the potential role of courage in promoting approach toward feared stimuli.
… randomly assigned to respond to one of three writing prompts before completing the BAT. The “courage included” (CI) prompt instructed participants to write about a time when they engaged in an act of personal courage. The control prompt instructed participants to write about something that …
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To Write or Not to Write: A Look at Faculty Use of Writing at a Small Liberal Arts College
… from an Ivy League institution without basic writing skills, a 2003 Chronicle of Higher Education article concluded that it is not only possible, but that it does happen. Some students are actually suing colleges and universities because they do not believe they have been taught the skills …
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A contextualist research paradigm for rhetoric and composition
… such a paradigm, Eileen Oliver's (1995) "The Writing Quality of Seventh, Ninth, and Eleventh Graders, and College Freshmen: Does Rhetorical Specification in Writing Prompts Make a Difference?" is reprinted with an interview with Oliver, in which she detailed the context for her study. To …
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The Effects of Different Types of Prompts on Achievement and Attitude in Mathematics
… examined the effects of three different types of writing prompts, procedural, summary, and self-monitoring, on achievement and self-concept of ability in mathematics. Participants included 81 eighth grade students taking a course designed to prepare students for algebra in the ninth grade in a …
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Creating a Lifeline Back to Books For Adolescent Boys Through Multimedia Enhanced Read-alouds
… the MERA, students participated in either a writing prompt or a small group discussion. Data collection included both quantitative and qualitative measures consisting of a Motivation to Read Profile (MRP), interviews, writing prompts, and transcribed discussions with specific emphasis on the …
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