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Effect Of Expository Writing In Mathematics With Middle School Sixth Grade Students, Rebecca J. Dickinson
Effect Of Expository Writing In Mathematics With Middle School Sixth Grade Students, Rebecca J. Dickinson
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The effects of expository writing (a writing to learn approach) on achievement in a math unit on fractions was investigated. Two groups of intact sixth grade mathematics classes (N = 44) were chosen and the treatment of expository writing was randomly assigned to one group. The control group received direct instruction for the unit on addition and subtraction of fractions while the treatment group practiced expository writing (a how-to descriptive writing) plus direct instruction. The study lasted four weeks. The same summative post test of the fraction unit was given to both groups when the unit was complete. The null …