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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"writing interventions"”.
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Benefit Finding and Resiliency in the Wake of Hurricane Harvey and Cancer
… Benefit finding may be particularly relevant to writing interventions, which have been effective in improving psychological and physical health among individuals who have undergone adversity. The current paper reviews two studies, (1) one that tests the efficacy of a writing intervention for …
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Predictors of Elementary-aged Students’ Writing Fluency Growth in Response to a Performance Feedback Writing Intervention
… evidence-based intervention for improving the writing fluency of elementary-aged students, approximately one-third do not exhibit fluency growth (Eckert et al. 2006, 2008). The transcription skill of handwriting is a prerequisite of skilled writing (Berninger et al., 2002) and interventions to …
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Reflecting on vocation: a randomized trial of online expressive writing career interventions
… there remains a scarcity of empirically tested interventions to increase calling. The present study sought to address this gap in the literature by experimentally testing three writing interventions based on Pennebaker's expressive writing paradigm (Pennebaker & Beall, 1986) with the intention …
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Programming Generality into a Performance Feedback Writing Intervention
… areas, including mathematics, reading, and writing (Aud et al., 2012; National Center for Education Statistics, 2012). National estimates suggest that these deficits are greatest in the area of writing (National Center for Education Statistics, 2012; Persky, Daane, & Jin, 2003), presenting a …
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Testing a New Form of Expressive Writing on Wellbeing, Physical Health, and Depression Symptomatology
Writing has existed as a form of catharsis and healing for thousands of years but has only been tested experimentally within the last few decades. One of these writing interventions— expressive writing— has shown to have small but consistent effects across various physiological and psychological …
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Improving second-year university student teachers paragraph writing skills
… study was undertaken to improve the paragraph-writing skills of second-year university student-teachers. The main research question that guided the study was: How can second-year university student-teachers improve their paragraph writing skills? Specifically, paragraph errors commonly made by …
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Assessing Final Year Secretaryship and Management Students academic writing proficiency in Ghanaian Technical Universities
Academic writing plays an important role in the academic discourse community. In all higher education across the world, writing plays an indispensable role because students need to write assignments, examinations, academic reports and field or laboratory reports. Writing is a fundamental skill that …
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Effects of Emotion- and Gratitude-Focused Expressive Writings on Incoming College Students' Adjustment
… 2012). Among undergraduates, expressive writing interventions have been used to improve adjustment. These brief activities of self-reflection were originally used to address past hurts and have been adapted to attend to life's benefits. Reflections on both negative and positive life …
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Evidence-Based Teaching of Writing Practices: A Survey and Intervention at Elementary and High School Level
Writing skills are important for social and civic participation, educational achievement and employment (European Commission, 2012). However, a third to a half of Scottish students did not attain required writing standards at upper elementary and lower high school grades in 2014 (Scottish …