Descriptor
| Student Evaluation | 8 |
| Student Writing Models | 8 |
| Writing Improvement | 8 |
| Writing Instruction | 5 |
| Writing Evaluation | 4 |
| Writing Skills | 3 |
| Academic Standards | 2 |
| Descriptive Writing | 2 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 2 |
| Expository Writing | 2 |
| High Schools | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
| Elementary Education | 1 |
Audience
| Teachers | 7 |
| Practitioners | 6 |
| Researchers | 1 |
| Students | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Delaware Student Testing… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Welch, William H. – 1985
The situational approach is one effective way of presenting students with technical writing assignments that represent "a close approximation of the writing chores which befall the gainfully employed technical writer in industry." The approach includes elements of both simulation and game playing, with some significant differences. The situational…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Feedback, Postsecondary Education, Student Evaluation
Download full textBrigman, Donna; Brooks, Gordon, Jr.; Kirkland, Cathy; Rawlston, Susan; Taylor, Dee – 2001
The purpose of this guide is to improve high school writing and writing instruction. Teachers are encouraged to make transparencies and handouts of the information in this guide in order to make the information accessible to students. Using the scoring rubrics and model papers, students can be taught to recognize both strong and weak areas in…
Descriptors: High Schools, Persuasive Discourse, Student Evaluation, Student Writing Models
Pittendrigh, Adele S.; Calvert, Jerry W. – Political Science Teacher, 1989
Describes a writing assignment designed to help students in large introductory political science classes argue and write effectively. Provides assignment format and criteria for evaluating class papers. Expounds on paper and paragraph structure. Discusses the use of writing tutors and explains grading procedure. (RW)
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Grading, Higher Education, Political Science
PDF pending restorationDelaware State Dept. of Education, Dover. – 2001
The purpose of this writing sampler is to provide teachers and students with work representing each of the rubric score points for the stand alone writing prompt on the 2001 Delaware Student Testing Program. The student papers included in this document are part of the "anchor sets" (collections of scored student work "anchored"…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Elementary Secondary Education, State Standards, Student Evaluation
Ladd, Pam Leneave; Hatton, Sharon Crawford – 1997
A study examined student writing portfolios to determine improvement of student writing due to instructional changes under the guidelines and standards established for the Kentucky Writing Program. A random sample of 1991-92 and 1994-95 fourth-grade portfolios were analyzed, 10% from each of the 8 elementary schools in the Muhlenberg County school…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Grade 4, Instructional Improvement, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedEsperet, Eric – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1991
Presents a critical overview of trends in research on writing skills. Defines criteria for the studies based on current cognitive writing models. Includes treatments designed to change writer activity by influencing knowledge and cognitive functions. Discusses acquisition of knowledge or expert skills, interaction with other writers, and computer…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Nevada State Dept. of Education, Carson City. – 2000
The Nevada Writing Assessment Program has been developed, implemented, and facilitated by Nevada classroom teachers, who have adapted, designed, and continually revised the scoring criteria; designed the assessment writing prompts; evaluated and chosen anchor papers; led the scoring sessions and read and scored the student papers; and made the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Descriptive Writing, Expository Writing, High Schools
Freeman, Marcia S. – Online Submission, 2006
CraftPlus is an integrated learning package that consists of a K-8 spiraling, core writing curriculum based on explicit Target Skills instruction; professional books; grade-level Curriculum Guides; sixteen workshop and classroom demonstration DVDs; and a CD with student samples and other classroom support materials. The grade-level Curriculum…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Poetry, Learning Modules, Curriculum Guides
