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ERIC Number: EJ500566
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
Extended Text and the Writing Proficiency of Students in Urban Elementary Schools.
Davis, Alan; And Others
Journal of Educational Psychology, v86 n4 p556-66 Dec 1994
The effect of extended text writing on the writing proficiency of urban elementary school students was investigated with 39 fourth- and fifth-grade classrooms. Both quality of writing and use of writing conventions was better for students with extended writing practice, a result consistent for minority and European American students. (SLD)
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5, Minority Groups, Teaching Methods, Urban Schools, Writing (Composition), Writing Achievement
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Extended Text Writing