Thursday, April 15, 2010

Topic: Research Abstracts



10-second review: Pre-writing; writing process;; learning logs

Title: “Annotated Bibliography of Research in the Teaching of English.” Research in the Teaching of English (December 1993), 423-437.

Summaries: Pre-writing. Found no significant differences in writing ability among groups taught to use pre-writing strategies and those not so taught. JA Hayn, 1991, 433. ………. Writing Process. Writing classes improved their awareness of writing processes from watching a video tape of writers at work. DM Padjett, 1992, 433. ………. Learning logs. Students who kept written learning logs recalled content better and produced better essay responses to questions. CP Hyser, 1992, p. 434.

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