Date of Award
4-1997
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Graduate Education
First Advisor
Lorna J. Van Gilst
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to compare the relative effectiveness of teacher-controlled response groups on student writing performance with the relative effectiveness of student-controlled response groups on student writing performance. In the study, two eighth grade language arts classes, one with twenty-four students and the other with twenty-three, participated in a nine-week long writing exercise. Although the study indicated a similar degree of improvement between teacher-talk and student-talk response groups, both types of response groups appear to have their rightful place in the writing process. Students from both sections did show improvement in their writing proficiency. Moreover, both sections created mini-writing communities that encourage each other to write.
Recommended Citation
Muether, Charles A., "Teacher-Talk and Student-Talk: Peer Response Strategies in Two Eighth-Grade Classes" (1997). Master of Education Program Theses. 59.
https://digitalcollections.dordt.edu/med_theses/59
Comments
Action Research Report Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education