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Download full textCrowhurst, Marion – 1983
A study examined the revisions made in expressive and persuasive compositions by 14 good and 14 average writers in grades 5, 7, and 11 to determine if grade- or ability-related differences occurred in the quality and kinds of revisions made and if revisions differed for the two types of compositions. Students wrote compositions one day and revised…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
van der Jagt, Johan Willem – 1999
This study compared three spelling interventions to increase the spelling accuracy of elementary students with learning disabilities. Thirty-six randomly selected third, fourth, and fifth grade students with learning disabilities were assigned to three interventions: (1) the traditional spelling procedure; (2) a multisensory procedure without…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Data Analysis, Elementary Education, Error Analysis (Language)
Polanik, Margaret – 1983
To determine how the difficulty of print materials affected elementary school students' sight copying accuracy and productivity and to explain correlate variance related to copying, 149 students in grades four, six, and eight were assigned materials to copy for three minutes. All subjects copied passages at grade level and at two grades above and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Difficulty Level, Elementary Education, Error Analysis (Language)
