The National Study of Writing Instruction - University at Albany

___ Special education
___ Other (please specify):
How many students in this class speak English as a second language?
______students
What is the general subject of this class (check one)?
___ English ___Social science/history ___Math
___ Science ___Other (please specify) __________
FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS: What percent of the writing students
do in this class is writing about literature? ________
FOR ALL TEACHERS: How important are the following kinds of writing for
this class (set 1)? (Circle one response in each row.)
85
Not
important
Somewhat
important
85
Important Very important
Response logs or journals 0 1 2 3
Recording observations 0 1 2 3
Explanations of problem-solving
procedures or strategies
0 1 2 3
Explanations of subject area concepts 0 1 2 3
Precis or summary writing 0 1 2 3
Written definitions of concepts or
terminology
Formulating hypotheses and making
deductions from them
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3