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Loveland, T.R. (2005) Writing standards-based rubrics for technology education classrooms, Technology Teacher, Vol. 65, Issue 2
This article can be used in the proposed writing study because it presents information on how students view rubrics and rubric teaching. The article states that there is nothing more frustrating for a student than receiving a project with little or no description on how the project will be graded. The article also states that standards must be measured or assessed in order to know whether the students are meeting the prescribed outcomes. This article seems to be stating that one of the reasons why the California standards are so difficult to meet is due to the lack of specificity in the standard's directions or instructions. The study can certainly take that viewpoint into consideration.
Jacobs, G.E. (2008) We learn what we do: Developing a repertoire of writing practices in an instant messaging world, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, Vol. 52, Issue 3, pp. 203 -- 211
This study is seeking to determine what are some of the root causes for student difficulty in passing the California Writing Standard 1.4. One of those root causes might be that students (especially young ones) are more inclined to communicating via instant messaging than they are by actually learning what it takes to write in a comprehensive and understandable manner. The study's author suggests that the use of Instant Messaging can affect the use of poor spelling and grammar. The author also suggest that writing communities via instant messaging may promote good writing skills in students.
Bruera, E.; Willey, J.; Cohen, M.; Palmer, J.L.; (2008) Expressive writing in patients receiving palliative care: A feasibility study, Journal of Palliative Medicine, Vol. 11, Issue 1, pp. 15 -- 19
This study sought to determine whether expressive writing could assist patients receiving palliative care. It is an interesting study to include in the proposed study due to its unique nature. What the study seems to be stating is that expressive writing can assist in helping patients who are having difficulty in coping with their palliative care. In other words, writing can make them feel better. The study showed how patients with advanced cancer who are receiving palliative care can overcome some of the severe physical and psychological effects of that treatment through expressive writing. Therefore, learning to write comprehensively can actually be beneficial to one's health.
Linn, R.L.; Kiplinger, V.L.; Chapman, C.W.; LeMaheiu, P.G.; (1992) Cross-state comparability of judgments of student writing: Results from the New Standards Project, Applied Measurement in Education, Vol. 5, Issue 2, pp. 89 -- 111
This particular study was conducted early in the process of changing how America evaluated the learning of students. The study suggests that writing standards be created, not on a national basis, but on a regional basis instead. The thinking behind such a recommendation was that if the students were required to write based on state standards that differed from state to state, then some of the students may actually be at a disadvantage when compared to other students living in different areas of the country. The study determined that there existed a common view of writing competency, and perhaps developing standards based on that common view would be beneficial.
Feder, T. (1998) California pulls together a science standards writing team, Physics Today, Vol. 51, Issue 3, pp. 79-80
Writing standards in California is always a very political fireball. Educational standards are written based on a variety of viewpoints and many times those viewpoints are competing instead of compatible. The proposed study will be evaluating why students have difficulty with California's writing standards, therefore the evaluator must be able to understand how those standards were compiled in the first place. This article presented how writing standards within the different curriculums were initiated and the troubles that resulted from the competing points-of-view. The article determined that teaching standards for science related curriculum and how writing played a role in that curriculum was one of the sticking points in the process of creating the standards.
Reading Today (2009) Setting the standards; IRA, NCTE issue revised standards for the assessment of reading and writing, Vol. 27, Issue 3, p. 10
As evidenced by this article the issue of educational standards pertaining to how and what students are taught, and how that teaching is evaluated is a very hot issue. The article sets forth a set of guidelines as coordinated by the International Reading Association (IRA) and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). The article emphasizes the fact (as perceived by the...
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