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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"prewriting"”.
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The prewriting processes of four twelfth grade students
… research has been done which shows what the prewriting strategies of students are and what the usefulness of prewriting models are in the production of drafts. These case studies were designed to describe the prewriting strategies of four twelfth grade, advanced placement English students as …
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ESL students' perceptions of web-based prewriting activities /
… in Ontario, engaged in two separate online prewriting activities in both a synchronous and an asynchronous environment. The students were interviewed in order to explore their perceptions of how the activities affected the generation and organization of ideas for academic essays. These …
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The effect of selected prewriting activities on the decisions of fourth graders to write
… the study was to investigate the effect of the prewriting activities of class discussion and paired-student-interaction on the voluntary writing decisions of fourth graders. The sample consisted of 355 subjects: 185 males and 170 females. All subjects were fourth graders and attended seven …
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An exploratory investigation of the effects of prewriting on fifth grade students' writing ability
… or 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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A First Language in Second Language Writing
… examines ESL students' use of their L1 in their prewriting for practice exams for their ENGL1020 class at the University of Toledo. This study was done by reviewing teacher syllabi to see when prewriting (through instructors' lectures or student discussion on the topic) took place in the …
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The Effects of Three Levels of Prewriting Questions Upon The Written Responses of College Freshmen to Short Stories
… the effects of three levels of specificity of prewriting questions and the effects of story selection upon the written responses of college freshmen to short stories. Subjects read one of two short stories, one best described as unconventional in terms of its theme and technique and the other …
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I Never Saw the Llightning, Martin Luther! A Compositional Model
… discusses the problems associated with prewriting structure, point of view, and thematic considerations-as well as techniques of editing and unifying the continuity of a manuscript. These techniques are written as a preface, a "process paper,'' to the novel length piece of original, …
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Student perceptions of the writing process
… Results indicated that students perceived the prewriting step of brainstonning and peer review as most useful. Student perceptions of the tasks and course and implications for theory and practice are examined.
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Effect of hands-on approach to editing and revising process on student self-evaluation of personal skills
… writing process is a series of four stages: prewriting, writing, editing and revising, and publishing. This action research project focuses on the editing and revising stage. The purpose of the study was to determine if the inclusion of a hands-on approach to editing and revising positively …
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A study of the relationship between Let Me Learn and process writing: a qualitative analysis
… according to the following six criteria: prewriting strategies, length, word choice, neatness, organization, and editing. In addition the recordings of the interviews were transcribed and the researcher analyzed the interview in order to assess whether the students responses matched with …
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Do Students in the Fifth-Grade Benefit from the Writing Workshop with Regard to their Scores on the New York State Fifth-Grade Writing Test?
… move through the entire writing process, from prewriting to publishing, for each piece of work they create. This is called the Writing Workshop. More current research was needed to determine if one approach was more beneficial than the other. In this longitudinal study, both approaches were …
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Classroom Practices in the Teaching of Writing
… of writing assignments emerged as strong points. Prewriting instruction was given, but room for improvement was evident. Improvements indicated in the kinds of writing assignments included more emphasis on personal writing such as journals and letters. Commendable ways of responding to or …
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Survey of Classroom Practices and Attitudes of Teachers of Young Authors
… Teachers introduced various writing styles; (4) Prewriting activities, especially brainstorming and discussions were used; (5) Students usually wrote on an individual basis; (6) Computers were not used; (7) Students asked teachers for help in spelling or invented spellings; (8) Stories were …
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Developing a Comprehensive Handwriting Curriculum Utilizing the Handwriting Without Tears™ Approach for Typically Developing Elementary School Aged Children
… including the new IPad application and prewriting activities, to assist kindergarten, first, and third grade teachers in utilizing a standardized handwriting program. Dominican University of California occupational therapy graduate students partnered with The North Oakland Community …
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Revision Cues : A Study of Freshman Writers
… agree that writing is a process including prewriting, writing and revision. Revision has only recently been addressed by research, consequently little is known of how students actually revise their writing; and even less is known of how to guide and direct students in rewriting manuscripts, …
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Small-group Student Talk Before Individual Writing in Chinese Tertiary English-as-a-foreign-language Writing Classrooms: Nature, Effects, and Perceptions
… less is known about using student talk as prewriting discussions for collaborative planning prior to individual writing, particularly when it comes to the nature of such talk, whether it effectively develops students’ argumentative writing, and how students perceive the talk and its …
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A task-oriented learning group approach to teaching descriptive-narrative-expository writing to eleventh-grade students
… group designs structured by the writer at the prewriting, writing, and evaluation stages of composition. These required students to interact with one another in the completion of tasks structured to pool information, divide responsibilities, and observe the responses of others. They included …
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How Adolescents in an Alternative School Program Use Instructional Technology to Create Meaning While Reading and Writing
… as they moved recursively through stages of prewriting, drafting and revision and; 4) Although these participants did not perceive themselves as technologically savvy outside of school, in school they viewed themselves as confident users of technology when given multiple opportunities to use …
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