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ERIC Number: EJ658850
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
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Explicitly Teaching Strategies, Skills, and Knowledge: Writing Instruction in Middle School Classrooms.
De La Paz, Susan; Graham, Steve
Journal of Educational Psychology, v94 n4 p687-98 Dec 2002
In the present study, middle school students were directly taught strategies that facilitated the execution of writing processes, skills, and knowledge involved in planning, drafting, and revising text. Students in the experimental treatment condition produced essays that were longer, contained more mature vocabulary, and were qualitatively better. (Contains 57 references and 4 tables.) (GCP)
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Revision (Written Composition), Teaching Methods, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Writing Skills
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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What Works Clearinghouse Reviewed: Meets Evidence Standards with Reservations