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Soiferman, L. Karen; Boyd, Karen; Straw, Stanley B. – Online Submission, 2010
Background: The need for improvement in writing instruction in schools is dependent on teachers being aware of evidence-based procedures in writing and implementing them on a regular basis in their classrooms. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the frequency with which teachers in Western Canada employed evidence-based procedures in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Collaborative Writing
Madden, Nancy A.; Slavin, Robert E.; Logan, Michele – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
The present study represented an effort to improve on the outcomes of the Puma (2006) study by creating a writing process program that provided students with compelling video models of effective writing practices in small writing teams. In this method, called Writing Wings with Media (WWM), students worked in 4-member, heterogeneous writing groups…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Control Groups, Writing (Composition), Cooperative Learning