Exploring the effect of writing mini-lessons on peer response in elementary classroom

Wan Chen Chang, Calvin C.Y. Liao, Chi Yang Hsu, Tak Wai Chan

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Abstract

Previously, the research team designed a game-based writing environment to support students' writing development. However, students are not good at peer response. It decreased the effect of talking for revising strategy. Therefore, the purpose of this study designed writing mini-lesson and enhanced students' skill of giving peer response and revising their draft based on the received response. A quasi-experiment was conducted and 108 three-grade students from 4 classes participated in. The experimental group received the three writing mini-lessons during the semester and the control group received general instruction. Both of these two group students wrote three writing article on game-based writing environment. The writing mini-lesson was implemented in the beginning of every writing course and cost around 5-8 minutes. The results showed that there is no significant different on the number of peer response between control and experimental group. In contrast, the type of peer response was different between these two groups. It implied that writing mini-lesson could provide students how to give concrete response and proved the effect of writing mini-lesson for elementary school students.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICCE 2016 - 24th International Conference on Computers in Education
Subtitle of host publicationThink Global Act Local - Main Conference Proceedings
EditorsSu Luan Wong, Alba Garcia Barrera, Hiroyuki Mitsuhara, Gautam Biswas, Jiyou Jia, Jie-Chi Yang, Michelle P. Banawan, Muhammet Demirbilek, Matthew Gaydos, Chui-Pin Lin, Jin Gon Shon, Sridhar Iyer, Agneta Gulz, Chris Holden, Greg Kessler, Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo, Pratim Sengupta, Peppi Taalas, Weiqin Chen, Sahana Murthy, Beaumie Kim, Xavier Ochoa, Daner Sun, Nelson Baloian, Tore Hoel, Ulrich Hoppe, Ting-Chia Hsu, Agnes Kukulska-Hulme, Hui-Chun Chu, Xiaoqing Gu, Weiqin Chen, Jun Song Huang, Ming-Fong Jan, Lung-Hsiang Wong, Chengjiu Yin
PublisherAsia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education
Pages472-476
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9789868473577
StatePublished - 2016
Event24th International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2016 - Mumbai, India
Duration: 28 Nov 20162 Dec 2016

Publication series

NameICCE 2016 - 24th International Conference on Computers in Education: Think Global Act Local - Main Conference Proceedings

Conference

Conference24th International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2016
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityMumbai
Period28/11/162/12/16

Keywords

  • Game-based writing environment
  • Mini-lesson
  • Peer response
  • Writing

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