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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"writing strategy"”.
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The Effect of Speech-to-Text Software on Learning a New Writing Strategy
Handwriting and spelling present elementary students with significant sources of load on working memory as the various writing processes compete for cognitive resources (Kellogg, Whiteford, Turner, Cahill & Mertens, 2013). Several studies have shown that speech-to-text (STT) software can improve …
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Writing Strategy Instruction For Students With Learning Disabilities: Effects on Writing Performance and Fluency
… study was the effects of direct instruction in strategy usage on written expression of middle school students with learning disabilities (LD). The Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) model (De La Paz & Graham, 1997) was used to instruct four students with LD about the genre pattern of …
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Repetition overused as an academic writing strategy : a case study of Xhosa-English second language speakers
… (XESL) Speakers use repetition as a discourse strategy in their written academic work. The study analyses the nature of their repetition and draws on critical theory to situate repetition in its socio-cultural context.
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The Effects of Pre-Writing Strategy Training Guided by Computer-Based Procedural Facilitation on ESL Students’ Strategy Use, Writing Quantity, and Writing Quality
Pre-writing strategies are conscious thoughts, actions, or behaviors used by writers when they plan before writing. Research in second language writing suggests that specific writing strategies related to writing purposes, audience, brainstorming, and organizing ideas are teachable and have a …
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Towards ‘Skill’ and ‘Will’: Using Hope-infused Strategy Instruction in the English Writing Classroom at Chinese Universities
… mediated pragmatics, and so on in English writing. Very few Chinese teachers have employed writing Strategy Instruction (SI) in the classroom and examined how students learn and use strategies, despite a growing body of empirical evidence which suggests the effectiveness of SI in …
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Visual thinking networking promotes long-term meaningful learning and achievement for 9th grade earth science students
… of knowledge in memory, problem solving strategy dimensionality, conceptual understanding, and gender differences. A multi-covariate analysis was conducted on the pre-post gain scores of the AGI/NSTA Earth Science Examination (Part 1). Students who used the color VTN strategies had a …
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Volatility trading system design with scaling Risk Management
… The first component is astraddle long-short strategy which profits by anticipating changes in the volatility of stocks within the SP 500 Index.The second component is a filtered out-of-the-money put writing strategy on the SP 500 Index which profits by collecting premiums while avoiding …
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Accurate nanofabrication techniques for high-index-contrast microphotonic devices
… of scattering losses due to sidewall roughness. Writing strategy in scanning-electron-beam lithography and absolute and relative dimensional control are addressed. The nanofabrication techniques developed allowed fabrication of the most advanced microring add-drop-filters reported in the …
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Helping struggling writers through self-regulated strategy development
… effectiveness of implementing a self-regulated 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 …
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The Effects of Modeled Writing on Early Literacy Development in Preschool Children
… in preschool children by engaging them in writing activities that were intentionally modeled within their typical classroom setting. Twenty-five typically developing children 3 to 5 years of age participated in the study. The "Picture Story/Word Story,” a preschool writing strategy …
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The Effects of Modeled Writing on Early Literacy Development in Preschool Children
… in preschool children by engaging them in writing activities that were intentionally modeled within their typical classroom setting. Twenty-five typically developing children 3 to 5 years of age participated in the study. The "Picture Story/Word Story,” a preschool writing strategy …
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Oral and writing strategies in French second language learning: An action research study
… distinct choice of L2 learning approach or strategy that single-handedly facilitates beginning second language learning. Research that seek to find out how beginning L2 learning is best facilitated could make language learning more effective and help retain students who drop-out. This …
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HIRING UX WRITERS FOR CONTENT STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT AND CONTENT MANAGEMENT IN START-UP BUSINESSES
<p>Start-up businesses require a strong content strategy to succeed in modern and competitive markets. One of the most critical components of a successful content strategy is hiring a User Experience (UX) writer. Traditionally, the UX writer has been a professional writer who specifically focuses …
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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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Fog Tropes: A social and cultural history of the foghorn
… in film and music. My methodological writing strategy of plurality uses sources from oral history, archival methods, nature writing, theoretical analysis and cultural references to address the significance of the historical, geographical, social and meteorological contexts in which the …
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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 …