An Action Research of Writing Effect by Teaching Writing Steps for Sixth Graders

• Main Authors: YANG,MEI-FANG, 楊梅芳
• Other Authors: Yang,Yu-Mao
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/46275686297114711184

碩士 === 國立臺中教育大學 === 語文教育學系碩博士班 === 104 === With action research, this study focuses on writing effectively by teaching writing steps for sixth graders, reflecting on the difficulties, and offering solutions. In order to reach the purposes mentioned above, twenty five sixth graders attended an eleven-week writing course. They were taught six writing steps: studying topics, ensuring contents, selecting resources, organizing, writing and revising. As the teaching process was implemented, the researcher simultaneously collected students’ pre-writing and post-writing samples, observation records, teaching diaries, interview records, measurement lists, etc. During the research, qualitative data and quantitative data were analyzed, and corroborated each other to meet precision and neutrality of the research. Based on the inductive analysis, the results are as follows: A. The instructional design of this research can help students handle writing steps. Students have progressed in studying topics, ensuring contents, selecting resources, organizing, and revising. Moreover, the quantitative data show significant differences. However, writing, one of the six writing steps, has slightly improved, but not a big difference. B. Teaching writing steps can help students enhance their writing about narratives. Students’ writing samples were analyzed based on scoring; ensuring contents and selecting resources; structure and organization; expression; basic competence. The post-test scores are higher than the pre-test ones. They show significant differences. It means that teaching writing steps can help students enhance their writing about narratives. C. The writing steps can be offered to teachers as a reference while they are teaching writing. Writing steps are simple and clear. Each writing step can be easily used by teachers. In addition to the know-how of writing and the literary genre, teachers need to use worksheets to assist teaching, and instruct students as well. The result of this research will be suggested to administrative authorities of education, schools and fellow researchers.