The Impact of Using POW+ TREE with High School Students with ADHD: Story Writing and Perceptions

Autor/in	Kroeze, Katie P.
Titel	The Impact of Using POW+ TREE with High School Students with ADHD: Story Writing and Perceptions
Quelle	(2022), (109 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ed.D. Dissertation, University of South Dakota
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	979-8-4268-2775-2
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; High School Students; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Writing Skills; Teaching Methods; Writing Processes; Learning Strategies; Writing (Composition); Student Attitudes; Writing Improvement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Schreibübung; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Only limited research has been completed that examines the impact of teaching outlining on improving ADHD students' writing skills and perceptions about writing. An abundance of research demonstrates high school students with ADHD struggle with writing and organization skills. This study investigated the impact of using the POW + TREE outlining strategy on high school students with ADHD preparing a composition and how using this strategy impacted a high school student with ADHD's perception of writing. To answer the first research question, high school students with ADHD were given the task to write an Opinion Story without the use of an outline. The stories were then scored by three English teachers using a rubric. After teaching the students the POW + TREE outlining strategy, students were given the task to write a second Opinion Story with the use if the outline strategy. The stories were graded by the same three English teachers, using the same rubric as the first story. A researcher-created survey was used to for the second research question, identifying how the outlining strategy impacted the student's perceptions of writing. Results indicated that the use of the POW + TREE outlining strategy improved the student's attention to detail, grammar/mechanics/spelling, organization, and word choice in their writing. All three participants raised their composite scores after using the outlining strategy. The area that lacked improvement in their stories were the goal/thesis. The research and practices that were shared were proven consistent with the results. Participants reported that the POW + TREE outline strategy was easy to use and aided them in the process of writing an opinion story when they took the Survey on Writing Perceptions. One participant felt neutral about many aspects of the outline strategy, although stated in the open-ended question that the outlining strategy helped them write more and made the process more enjoyable. This study showed that outlining strategies, especially the POW + TREE outline strategy had an overall positive impact on the writing and writing perceptions of high school students with ADHD and helped aid in improving a high school student with ADHD's writing. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01