Leif Fearn and Nancy Farnan
Table 1. Pre-Writing and Post-Writing G-scores
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Table 1. Pre-Writing and Post-Writing G-scores
Pre-Writing Scores Post Writing Scores Mean SD P value Mean SD P Value* Treatment Class: Period 1 N=18 2.94 .938 P < .621 3.61 1.09 P < .002 Control Class N=18 2.78 1.06 2.61 .698 Treatment Class: Period 2 N=21 2.95 .805 P < .563 3.48 .928 P < .003 Control Class N=18 2.78 1.06 2.61 .698 * Bold face indicates significant differences between treatment and control groups. Treatment students in both Periods 1 and 2 wrote significantly better on the post-writing sample based on the holistic (G-score) criterion. While the instructional emphasis in the treatment classes was writing, i.e., teaching grammatical elements in writing, the control teacher also emphasized writ- ing. Control students wrote extended discourse every day, always following a process writing protocol. In fact, control students wrote more each day (extended discourse) than treatment students, who wrote directed sentences each day in response to grammar-driven prompts, and additional extended discourse at least weekly, though never more than twice per week. The evi- dence appears to show that grammar instruction and process writing, as two distinct activities, though occurring during the same instructional period, do not positively influence the quality of writing performance as powerfully as does directed writing practice driven by grammar content. It is not the grammar instruction, then, nor the process writing; rather, the more power- ful influence on student writing comes from directed writing, where students’ attention is focused on using grammar to think about writing. This is what grammar in writing appears to accomplish. 74 74 Leif Fearn and Nancy Farnan Another way to look at the post-test differences is to compare the ho- listic scores themselves (See Table 2) and look at sample papers as exemplars (See Appendix E). Download 211.2 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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