Writing Next: Effective strategies to improve writing of adolescents in middle and high schools
Study
Grades
Students
Instructional Approach
Effect Size
Pantier, T. F. (1999). A comparison of writing performance of fifth grade students using the process writing approach and the Shurley Method. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater.
5
Full range
Traditional grammar instruction versus process writing approach
0.30
Thibodeau, A. L. (1964). A study of the effects of elaborative thinking and vocabulary enrichment exercises on written composition. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Boston University School of Education, Boston, MA.
6
Full range
Traditional grammar instruction versus peers working on elaborative thinking and vocabulary enrichment activities
-0.54
Thibodeau, A. L. (1964). A study of the effects of elaborative thinking and vocabulary enrichment exercises on written composition. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Boston University School of Education, Boston, MA.
6
Full range
Traditional grammar instruction versus individual students working on self-directing, elaborative thinking, and vocabulary enrichment activities
-0.41
Howie, S. M. H. (1979). A study: The effects of sentence combining practice on the writing ability and reading level of ninth grade students. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Colorado, Boulder.
9
Full range
Traditional grammar instruction versus sentence-combining
-0.21
Hayes, B. L. (1984). The effects of implementing process writing into a seventh grade English curriculum. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Delta State University, Cleveland, MS.
7
Full range
Traditional grammar instruction versus process writing approach
-0.22
LD = students with learning disability MH = students with mild handicapping conditions ESL = students with English as second language Low-achieving = low-achieving writers who were not LD or MH Average = average writers
High = above average writers Full range = full range of writers found in typical classrooms SRSD = Self-Regulated Strategy Development study TRAINING STUDY = professional development in process writing approach
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