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Van Steendam, Elke; Rijlaarsdam, G. C. W.; Van den Bergh, H. H.; Sercu, L. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2014
The present study tests the effect of ability pairing in two instructional methods in L2 collaborative revision. Two continuous indices determine a pair: individual proficiency level, distance in proficiency between pair members (heterogeneity), and the interaction between both indices. Instructional methods tested are modelling and practising.…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Revision (Written Composition), Collaborative Writing, Ability Grouping
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Mirhassani, Seyyed Akbar; Samar, Reza Ghafar; Fattahipoor, Majid – Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2006
To improve and activate the vocabulary of EFL learners, an alternative to common advice in trying to use them in speech can be invited. As two quite different methodologies in writing pedagogy are process and product writing, it is of concern to find which holds more promise for the vocabulary improvement. Product writing pedagogy encompasses…
Descriptors: Homogeneous Grouping, Process Approach (Writing), English (Second Language), Language Proficiency
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Slavin, Robert E.; And Others – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1988
"Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition" is a program that successfully teaches reading, writing, and language arts in heterogeneous intermediate classes containing mainstreamed special education and remedial reading students, by combining mixed-ability cooperative learning teams and same-ability reading groups. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Cooperation, Diversity (Student), English Instruction, Heterogeneous Grouping
Gomez, Mary Louise – 1990
This paper tracks the changes in beliefs and dispositions regarding the teaching of writing of a cohort group of prospective secondary teachers during their graduate year of teacher preparation. Changes in the prospective teachers' beliefs regarding the knowledge they need to teach and the ways in which learners who differ in race, social class,…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, English Teacher Education, Graduate Study, Higher Education