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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"writing achievement"”.
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OVERLAPPING COGNITIVE PREDICTORS for MATH and WRITING ACHIEVEMENT
Math and writing both rely on a range of specific cognitive skills, including working memory, phonological processing, and fine motor skills. However, the systemic relations of these cognitive predictors across math and writing outcomes and with one another are not well understood. The current …
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Effects of Kindergarten Entry Age on Writing Achievement
… enters kindergarten has an effect on his or her writing achievement in kindergarten. The current literature finds a correlation between entry age and academic achievement; however, entry age does affect various groups of students differently. The purpose of this study is to explore if changing …
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Implementing professional learning communities to improve student writing achievement
… teaching, and teach for understanding"(p. 198). Writing is required for all subject areas and is a life skill that is necessary for all students to be proficient. The ability to write well is essential for communication and productivity. In many professions, communication is of primary importance …
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Effects of Interactive Writing on Student Writing Achievement in a Primary Classroom
… study looked at the effective of the interactive writing technique on primary teachers and their students over a six-month period. The study consisted of three, urban, first grade teachers and eighteen students. Teachers used a self-assessment rubric to rate themselves at the start and close of …
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An Investigation to Determine the Relationships among Self-Concept, Locus of Control, and Writing Achievement
… among self-concept, locus of control and writing achievement. The sample included sixty-seven students enrolled in eleventh-grade vocational English classes in a rural high school. The Self-Concept of Ability Scale was used to determine self-concept, the Intelligence Responsibility …
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A Study of the Effects of a Daily Writing Program on the Creative Writing Achievement of Second Graders
… determine if there was a difference in creative writing achievement scores when writing instruction was presented on a daily basis. The subjects were second graders from middle to upper socioeconomic backgrounds. The experimental group received daily writing instruction while the control group …
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Effect of sentence-combining instruction on the reading and writing achievement of fifth-grade children in a suburban school district
… instruction on the reading comprehension and writing maturity of fifth-grade children. The treatment groups were comprised of 25 fifth-grade children in the experimental group and 25 fifth graders in the control group. The students were randomly assigned to treatment groups from two …
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The Impact of a Multi-user Virtual Environment on Teacher Instructional Time, Voluntary Student Writing Practice, and Student Writing Achievement
… context, and explicit rules to improve student writing. This unit was part of a larger multi-user virtual environment, but was designed to be a self-contained unit that leveraged advanced technologies to establish an immersive experience for learning writing skills. The unit was designed to be …
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Influence of choice on motivation to learn for students with autism: Effect on student interest, writing achievement, latency, and behavior
… student interest and decreased latency to begin writing tasks. Teacher interviews supported the findings that student choice improved interest and learning outcomes for the student with autism; ease of implementation and increased classroom enthusiasm were noted.</p>
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The Difference Between the Writing Achievement of Below-Average Ninth-Grade Students and Above-Average Ninth-Grade Students as Revealed on Literature Tests Stressing Analysis of Character
… discover if there was any difference between the writing achievement of below-average ninth-grade students and above-average ninth-grade students as revealed on literature tests stressing analysis of character. Fifty individuals were randomly selected from a population of over three hundred …
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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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A Comparative Study of Two Process Approaches to the Teaching of Writing to Third Grade Students
… of this study was to determine if the quality of writing of third grade students instructed in a structured method of writing would vary from that of a similar group instructed in an unstructured method. The element of learning style that denoted a preference for structure or lack of preference …
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A comparative study of the writing and reading achievement of children, ages nine and ten, in Great Britain and the United States
… investigate the extent of relationship between writing achievement and reading achievement for children ages nine and ten from selected schools in Great Britain and the United States of America.The California Achievement Test ("Reading Comprehension" subtest) was used to obtain reading …
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Exploring Relationships among Chopstick Use in Preschool Years and Writing and Math Development in Elementary Years
… chopstick use and early elementary academic achievement in writing and math. Building upon prior research linking chopstick usage to enhanced fine motor skills and brain activity, the study examined whether early exposure to chopsticks relates with improved academic performance. A …
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The Relationship Between Collective-Efficacy and Student Achievement in Vocational/Technical High Schools
… impact of teachers’ efficacious beliefs on achievement in technical high schools required further investigation. This study examined the collective-efficacy beliefs of academic and trade departments in 17 Connecticut technical high schools and the relationship between those beliefs and …
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Does Homogenous Ability Grouping for High School Honors English Instruction Benefit the High Achiever?
… and instructional practices to address the achievement gap exposed by the reporting requirements of NCLB (Wenglinski, 2004). As accountability measures and stakes rise, there is a call for an improved use ofscientific evidence to inform educational policymaking (Wiseman, 2010). In terms …
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What is the relationship of two staff development approaches: Early Literacy Inservice Course (ELIC) versus the traditional approach on writing composition performance of grade three students
… Early Literacy Inservice Course (ELIC) and writing achievement performance of grade three urban students. The sample population consisted of students in four third-grade classrooms. Two of these were regular classrooms. Two were ESEA classrooms where students scored at stanines three or …
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Instructing preschool writers : interactive writing and the writing workshop
Preschool children hold immense writing potential that is rarely realized in traditional classrooms. This mixed-methods, quasi-experimental study focused on how best to teach these emergent writers. By comparing the effects of interactive writing, writing workshop, and traditional instruction, the …
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The Relationships of Word Processing in Academic Work and Student Achievement Scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress
… study is a secondary analysis of the 2011 NAEP writing test investigating the relationships between word processing in academic work and achievement test scores. Using data and methods to overcome several of the limitations found in research surrounding instructional technology, the statistical …
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