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Voices of Pen Pals: Exploring the Relationship Between Daily Writing and Writing Development, and Reading Comprehension with Third Grade Students
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Maxwell, Lyndi R. |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | MAXWELL, LYNDI R., Ph.D., May 2015, Curriculum and Instruction Voices of Pen Pals: Exploring the Relationship Between Daily Writing and Writing Development and Reading Comprehenion in Third Grade Students Director of Dissertation: Eugene Geist This quasi-experimental study investigated the impact that daily writing instruction and bi-weekly pen pal correspondence had on third graders’ writing development and reading comprehension in a Midwest, rural elementary school. The treatment group participated in a 12-week writing intervention program in which they exchanged letters with second-grade pen pals on a bi-weekly basis. Letters were informative, expressive, and autonomous, as they were based on daily graphic organizers students completed, on which they wrote about school-related subjects of their choice. The control group did not participate in the writing intervention program, as they received their typical writing instruction. Both groups’ reading comprehension scores were assessed via a S.T.A.R. pretest, which was administered prior to the writing treatment, and a S.T.A.R. posttest, which was administered after the writing treatment had concluded. Results showed that students whose writing substantially developed experienced development in the following areas: 1) text structure; 2) written expression; 3) audience awareness; and 4) voice. There was substantial interplay amongst the first three components, which resulted in a pronounced voice throughout students’ letters. Conversely, students whose writing did not develop throughout the 12-week period did not develop in the four aforementioned areas, and thus never established a consistent |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://etd.ohiolink.edu/!etd.send_file?accession=ohiou1426176485&disposition=inline |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
