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Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"Writing ability"”.
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The effects of writing ability and mode of discourse on cognitive capacity engagement
In this study, the effects of writing ability and mode of discourse of cognitive capacity engagement were investigated. Sixty-three college freshmen of varying writing abilities (basic, average, and honors) were randomly assigned to experimental treatments (descriptive writing, narrative writing, …
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An exploratory investigation of the effects of prewriting on fifth grade students' writing ability
… 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 strategy. Four Square Writing is a systematic approach to …
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Effects of an experimental program for reluctant learners on reading ability, writing ability, and self-concept
… the program in achieving improvement in reading, writing, and self-concept. In addition, a general perception of the possible success of the program as ascertained by students and administrators was sought. The population consisted of 43 reluctant learners identified by low achievement scores, …
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The effectiveness of a multisensory writing program in improving cursive writing ability in children with sensorimotor difficulties
… relationship between sensorimotorabillty and handwriting is well documented in the literature (Freeman,1917; Townsend , 1951; Nlkola-Ll sa, 1987). While much of the literature is inconclusive, there are findings to suggest that muitisensory handwriting programmes are an effective approach to …
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The Reliabilities and The Cost-Efficiencies of Three Methods of Assessment for Writing Ability: An Empirical Inquiry
Assessing achievement in writing ability from large numbers of essays is often an unreliable and time-consuming task. The extent to which these factors are problematic depends upon which conceptualization of this skill different raters adhere to during the grading process. The present investigation …
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Helping struggling writers through self-regulated strategy development
… strategy development model to teach a story writing strategy to three 3<sup>rd</sup> grade students at a New Jersey Elementary School. This study involved a comparison of stories written by students before and after self-regulated strategy development instruction. Students chosen to …
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Learning-Disabled Students' Noun Referent Skills in Original Narratives: A Pilot Study.
… have established that multiple-choice writing tests are not valid measures of writing ability (Braddock, Lloyd-Jones, & Schoer, 1963), only one standardized test (Hammill & Larsen, 1978) includes a reliable evaluation based upon the student's own original composition.
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Examining a Place-Based Curriculum for High-Performing Learners: A Place-Based, Critical, Dialogic Curriculum for High-Performing Rural Writers
… is the effect of treatment condition on students writing ability, writing self-efficacy, and concepts of community and place and (b) In what ways do students reference place in their writing? In particular, this study examined students' writing ability, writing self-efficacy, connections to …
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Because a Fire, A Lover's Quarrel: Poems
… They mark the development of my aesthetic and writing ability thus far and are representative of the training and practice incited by my own efforts and those of my professors during my enrollment in the Master of Arts degree in English, Creative Writing emphasis. The majority of these poems …
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Examining a Process -Oriented Writing Assessment in a Large -Scale ESL Testing Context
Arguments for the adequacy of each writing test as performance assessment were made by examining (1) the quality of essays written by the same individual on the two tests, (2) accuracy of each test with reference to content-field faculty's evaluation of ESL students' academic writing ability, and …
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An Experimental Study Utilizing the Treanor Method with the Left – Over Child
… was the purpose of the study (1) to compare the ability in expressive language of a group of Fifth, Sixth and Seventh grade Students before introducing the Treanor Method and after their working with it for a nine week period, and (2) to measure reading vocabulary in an effort to determine the …
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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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An exploration of developmental reciprocal communication in the dialogue journals of third graders
Dialogue journal writing is a form of reciprocal communication in which pupils and teachers inform, and react to the entries of, the partner in a nonevaluative, familiar dialogue. Journals were analyzed in terms of three dependent variables: detail, response complexity, and reference. To study the …
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Writing in the secondary public schools: a shared responsibility
… training, and practical applications concerning writing across the curriculum. Procedures followed in this study included reviewing literature on the interdisciplinary nature of writing. In addition, workshop procedures and content area writing assignments were analyzed for effectiveness and …
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A Validation Study of a Writing Skills Test for Police Recruit Applicants
… of a direct test of higher-order and lower-order writing abilities needed for police report writing. This test was specifically designed to address report writing deficiencies experienced by police in the training academy. Descriptive statistics were examined, and relationships between this test …
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What Happens When Struggling Readers and Writers Produce and Read Their own Scripted Stories?
… grade students struggling with both reading and writing. Research took place over three sessions where the reader's theater process was implemented each time. The first session was done in original reader's theater format with scripts provided by the researcher. The second session incorporated a …
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The impact of using mentor texts and the writing workshop with first grade writers
… that using mentor texts in conjunction with the writing workshop would have on struggling first grade writers. A group of eight first grade students participated in the study. The participants had varying writing ability levels. During the study, the students were provided writing instruction …
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