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Effect Of The 6+1 Trait Writing Model On Student Writing Achievement, Nancy Kay Dejarnette
Effect Of The 6+1 Trait Writing Model On Student Writing Achievement, Nancy Kay Dejarnette
Doctoral Dissertations and Projects
The focus of this study was to determine the difference between teaching the 6+1 Trait Writing Model to fifth graders and the traditional writing workshop method of teaching writing on overall student writing achievement according to the data supplied by a writing rubric. The study involved 8 classes of fifth graders in 2 different schools. One school provided instruction according to the 6+1 Trait Writing Model, and the other school provided instruction using the traditional writing workshop method of teaching writing. It was hypothesized that students receiving instruction using the 6+1 Trait Writing Model would exhibit greater gains in writing …
The Effects Of Direct Instruction In Writing On English Speakers And English Language Learners With Disabilities, Kimberly A. Viel-Ruma
The Effects Of Direct Instruction In Writing On English Speakers And English Language Learners With Disabilities, Kimberly A. Viel-Ruma
Communication Sciences and Disorders Dissertations
Many students struggle on writing tasks with little success because writing is a complex task. Students with learning disabilities (LD) and students who are served in English to Speakers of Other Language (ESOL) programs generally perform at lower rates on writing tasks than their English-only speaking peers without disabilities. Several researchers indicate that students with disabilities may be able to improve their performance on writing tasks through the implementation of Direct Instruction writing programs. The purpose of the current study was to demonstrate the relationship between the implementation of an accelerated Direct Instruction program and student writing performance with students …
Using Balanced And Interactive Writing Instruction To Improve The Higher Order And Lower Order Writing Skills Of Deaf Students, Kimberly Wolbers
Using Balanced And Interactive Writing Instruction To Improve The Higher Order And Lower Order Writing Skills Of Deaf Students, Kimberly Wolbers
Theory and Practice in Teacher Education Publications and Other Works
The current study reports the findings of balanced and interactive writing instruction used with 16 deaf and hard of hearing students. Although the instruction has been used previously, this was the first time it had been modified to suit the specific needs of deaf children and the first time it had been implemented with this subpopulation of students. The intervention took place in two elementary classrooms (N=8) and one middle school classroom (N=8) for a total of 21 days. A comparison of pre and posttest scores on both writing and reading measures evidenced that students made significant gains with use …
Strategic And Interactive Writing Instruction (Siwi): Apprenticing Deaf Students In The Construction Of English Text, Kimberly Wolbers
Strategic And Interactive Writing Instruction (Siwi): Apprenticing Deaf Students In The Construction Of English Text, Kimberly Wolbers
Theory and Practice in Teacher Education Publications and Other Works
This study investigates the effects of using Strategic and Interactive Writing Instruction (SIWI) with deaf, middle school students who use American Sign Language as their L1 and written English as L2. Using a pretest-posttest control group design, the research explores whether students receiving SIWI made significantly greater gains compared to those not receiving SIWI on a number of variables. There are 33 total students, 16 in the treatment group and 17 in the comparison group. The intervention lasted a total of 8 weeks, during which time the treatment group collaboratively constructed two report papers using SIWI components, and the comparison …
The Medieval Writing Workshop, Alex Mueller
The Medieval Writing Workshop, Alex Mueller
Alex Mueller
If we compare elementary and secondary school classrooms today with their grammar school predecessors of the Middle Ages, we might find few similarities. The terrifying image of the medieval schoolmaster, seated in a chair with his birch in hand, ready to strike supplicant schoolboys for incorrect answers, does not match our more recent and comforting portrait of the teacher who circulates throughout the classroom and nurtures students through a student-centered curriculum. Yet, as an educator trained as both a medievalist and a high school English teacher, I am regularly provoked by the affinities I discover in medieval and modern pedagogies, …