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Previous studies have shown the effectiveness of ICT-based writing instructional practices, but they do not show an in-depth analysis of their instructional elements, which could be key to explaining such effectiveness. This study aims to analyze the instructional design of effective ICT-based writing practices according to content and instructiona...
La educación superior necesita adaptarse constantemente a un entorno cambiante y dinámico que demanda una constante evolución en la forma de entender el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje, y es en este contexto que surge la innovación docente como un elemento clave para asegurar la calidad y el progreso de la educación superior y, por lo tanto, el éx...
This study aimed to establish (a) whether teaching students revision skills provides benefit over and above teaching strategies for setting explicit goals for the communicative effect of their text, and (b) whether teaching students to adopt specific revision strategies provides benefits over revision instruction that focusses on increasing student...
Research has shown that writers seem to follow different writing strategies to juggle the high cognitive demands of writing. The use of writing strategies seems to be an important cognitive writing-related variable which has an influence on students' writing behavior during writing and, therefore, on the quality of their compositions. Several studi...
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The online management of writing processes is an important factor related to the composition of high-quality texts. In the present study we analysed the time that upper-primary students devoted to writing processes, the distribution of those processes during composition and the contribution of both aspects to text quality.
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In this study we present a comparative report of two effective instructional programs focused on the improvement of upper-primary students' writing competence through the promotion of revision skills. Both programs shared the main aim but had two different approaches. We contrasted writer-focused instruction with reader-focused instruction. To prov...
Diferentes revisiones empíricas y meta-análisis en el ámbito de la instrucción en escritura han señalado la instrucción en estrategias y el uso de programas informáticos como apoyo instruccional en las tareas de composición escrita como dos formas efectivas para favorecer la adquisición de una competencia escrita en el alumnado (ver Graham & Perin,...
Uno de los métodos online de mayor trascendencia en los últimos años para la evaluación del proceso de escritura es el estudio de la dinámica temporal de escritura a través del análisis de las pausas y ejecuciones. Además de ser uno de los métodos de naturaleza online menos intrusivos, proporciona información de gran valor sobre el proceso de escri...
Strategy-focused instruction is one of the most effective approaches to improve writing skills. It aims to teach developing writers strategies that give them executive control over their writing processes. Programs under this kind of instruction tend to have multiple components that include direct instruction, modeling and scaffolded practice. This...
