Effects of a Strategy-Focused Instructional Program on the Writing Quality of Upper Elementary Students in the Netherlands

Autor/inn/en	Bouwer, Renske; Koster, Monica; van den Bergh, Huub
Titel	Effects of a Strategy-Focused Instructional Program on the Writing Quality of Upper Elementary Students in the Netherlands
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Psychology, 110 (2018) 1, S.58-71 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0663
DOI	10.1037/edu0000206
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Teaching Methods; Writing Skills; Writing Instruction; Writing Strategies; Grade 4; Grade 5; Grade 6; Measures (Individuals); Intervention; Program Effectiveness; Effect Size; Elementary School Students; Self Management; Observation; Modeling (Psychology); Mastery Learning; Coping; Peer Influence; Reader Response; Elementary School Teachers; Experimental Groups; Control Groups; Workbooks; Rating Scales; Scores; Statistical Analysis; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Schreibunterricht; Schreibtechnik; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Messdaten; Selbstmanagement; Beobachtung; Modeling; Modelling; Modellierung; Bewältigung; Leserbrief; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Arbeitsbuch; Rating-Skala; Statistische Analyse; Niederlande
Abstract	In this study, the authors tested the effects of Tekster [Texter], a comprehensive strategy-focused writing instruction program, using a switching replication design with three measurement occassions. The program was implemented by fourth, fifth, and sixth grade teachers (N = 76) in 60 general education classrooms in the Netherlands. Students (n = 688) and teachers (n = 31) in Group 1 worked with Tekster during the first 8-week period, between the first and second measurement occasion. Students (n = 732) and teachers (n = 45) in Group 2 implemented Tekster during the second 8-week period, between the second and third measurement occasion. The intervention led to statistically significant improvements in the quality of students' writing. The effect size for the full sample was 0.32 and 0.40 for students who students who completed all 16 Tekster lessons. Gains shown by students in Group 1 were maintained after 8 weeks. Because writing quality was assessed in 3 genres, the findings are generalizable across students, classes, and writing tasks. Taken together, the results of this study demonstrate that a strategy-focused writing instruction program, such as Tekster, can be an effective way to improve upper-elementary students' written language skills. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01