Author: AULLS M.W.

Source: Reading Psychology, Volume 24, Number 2, 2003 , pp. 177-215(39)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract:

This study examined the influence of an innovative reading and writing curriculum on the expository writing and content learning of middle grade students. In Study One, students of teachers who were highly knowledgeable of the curriculum design wrote significantly better essays than students of less knowledgeable teachers. In Study Two, students transferred knowledge and strategies learned in the innovative curriculum to the writing of geography essays throughout the school year. Study Three found that 21% of the variance in the text-based content of Grade 8 social studies essays could be accounted for by text structure knowledge acquired in Grade 7.

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Publication date: 2003-01-01

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