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Vocabulary Depth and Its Contribution to Text Quality in the Early Years of Primary School (Profundidad de vocabulario y su contribución a la calidad textual en los primeros años de Educación Primaria)
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Alonso-Cortés-Fradejas, M. Dolores; López-Aguado, Mercedes; Llamazares-Prieto, M. Teresa – Journal for the Study of Education and Development, 2021
The purpose of this study is to analyse how vocabulary depth develops in the early years of primary school and to ascertain the effect it has on the quality of the texts produced by the students. A total of 332 Spanish students from the first to fourth grades participated by doing a synonyms/antonyms task to evaluate their vocabulary depth, along…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Elementary School Students, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes
Linguistic Indicators of Text Quality in Analytical Texts: Developmental Changes and Sensitivity to Pedagogical Work (Indicadores lingüísticos de la calidad textual en los textos analíticos: cambios evolutivos y sensibilidad al trabajo pedagógico)
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Aparici, Melina; Cuberos, Rocío; Salas, Naymé; Rosado, Elisa – Journal for the Study of Education and Development, 2021
Mastering analytical writing involves the proficient use of varied later-acquired grammatical, lexical and discourse forms and functions. Developmental studies have identified specific linguistic features as diagnostic of increasing proficiency. This study examines how these features change throughout educational levels and before and after the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Writing Instruction, Writing Skills, Grammar
Exploring Conceptions about Writing and Learning: Undergraduates' Patterns of Beliefs and the Quality of Academic Writing (Acercamiento a las concepciones sobre la escritura y el aprendizaje: patrones de creencias de los universitarios y la calidad de su redacción académica)
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Martínez-Fernández, J. R.; Corcelles, M.; Bañales, G.; Castelló, M.; Gutiérrez-Braojos, C. – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2016
Introduction: In this study, the conceptions of learning and writing of a group of undergraduates enrolled in a teacher education programme were identified. The relationship between them were analysed, and a set of patterns of beliefs about learning and writing were defined. Finally, the relation between these patterns and the quality of a text…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs