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Hall, Anna H. – Reading Teacher, 2016
Interactive writing is a developmentally appropriate activity used to enhance children's literacy development in the preschool setting. This article describes the unique needs of preschoolers as emerging writers, including their developing fine motor skills, early literacy skills, and social skills related to group writing. Strategies are provided…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Emergent Literacy, Writing Instruction, Collaborative Writing
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Read, Sylvia; Spooner, Michael – Journal of English as an International Language, 2017
The authors review three different strands of work on English writing research and instruction, working to harmonize them into a coherent translingual approach to teaching writing in the postsecondary EFL/EIL/ESL writing classroom. Five principles from English composition research (now often called writing studies) describe the fundamental…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Salajan, Florin D.; Nyachwaya, James M.; Hoffman, Jeanette G.; Hill, Brent D. – Teacher Educator, 2016
This article examines the implementation of a wiki-type platform for lesson planning for teacher candidates in an undergraduate general instructional methods course in the teacher education program of a Midwestern university in the United States. The study draws on the results of two separate sets of analysis involving 159 participants. Teacher…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education, Lesson Plans, Collaborative Writing
Center for Children and Technology, Education Development Center, Inc, 2016
"Fable Writer" is an online reading, writing and research tool designed to facilitate synchronous, collaborative writing tool that enables learners to read and copy text and images from teacher-curated books and Web-based resources in the "Fable Reader" digital library. The "Fable Writer" project addressed two…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Collaborative Writing, Writing (Composition), Computer Uses in Education
Harper, Debra Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this qualitative exploratory case study was to determine the pedagogical value of Wiki technology-enhanced instruction for middle grade students. The sample consisted of three Wiki projects representative of work from 6th, 7th, and 8th grade middle school students. The examination of the data collected from the three samples of Wiki…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration, Web 2.0 Technologies
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Teo, Adeline – English Teaching Forum, 2007
Social-interactive Writing for English Language Learners (SWELL) is collaborative writing based on Topping's Paired Writing Method. The method was changed to meet the needs of English language learners. In both methods, pairs are formed according to proficiency, pairing a more advanced student (a Helper) with a less advanced one (a Writer). The…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Writing Strategies, Collaborative Writing