Computer scaffolding peer response to enhance elementary students' writing performance: A case study of a summer school

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Abstract

The present study investigated the effects of scaffolding peer response on Tomorrow's Writing Platform (TWP) to enhance writing performance of elementary students. The program were conducted in a summer school in the period of three weeks, 15 days. The participants included 28 three to fourth-grade students recruited from neighbor 7 elementary schools in Taoyuan, Taiwan. The preliminary results showed that the participants could increase the length of writing article as the writing lesson. Peer response analysis showed the affective response were used the most and the editing response were the least. Writing performance would be affected by writing structure and participants' writing experience.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWork-In-Progress Poster - Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2014
EditorsAhmad Fauzi Mohd Ayub, Akihiro Kashihara, Tatsunori Matsui, Chen-Chung Liu, Hiroaki Ogata, Siu Cheung Kong
PublisherAsia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education
Pages61-63
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9784990801441
StatePublished - 2014
Event22nd International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2014 - Nara, Japan
Duration: 30 Nov 20144 Dec 2014

Publication series

NameWork-In-Progress Poster - Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2014

Conference

Conference22nd International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2014
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityNara
Period30/11/144/12/14

Keywords

  • Scaffolding peer response
  • Tomorrow's Writing Platform
  • Writing performance

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