The Effects of Giving Feedback on the Persuasive Writing of Fourth- and Fifth-Grade Students

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 419-433

  Philippakos, Zoi A ^a   MacArthur, Charles A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Childhood; Cognitive; Content literacy; Early adolescence; Experimental, quasi experimental; Genres; Learning strategies; Purpose; Research methodology; Rubrics; Self assessment; Sociocognitive; Strategies, methods, and materials; Theoretical perspectives; Writing; Writing strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971225718     PISSN: 00340553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rrq.149     Document Type: Review

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