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The Effects Of Freewriting On High School Students’ Attitudes Toward Writing, Dana L. Thomas
The Effects Of Freewriting On High School Students’ Attitudes Toward Writing, Dana L. Thomas
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This paper investigates the hypothesis that freewriting, when used as part of the writing process, will lead to more positive attitudes toward writing in a sample of advanced tenth grade students. An additional issue focuses on the level of positive attitudes of males when compared to females. Two intact classrooms taught by one teacher wrote weekly papers. The experimental group wrote freely, while the control group was restricted in topic choice, length and form of their writing. The experimental group received positive comments on the content of their writing, but the control group received standard error corrections on their writing. …
Motivating Secondary Students To Write, Cynthia Joanne Baker
Motivating Secondary Students To Write, Cynthia Joanne Baker
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This is a study which examines motivation and its implications for the secondary student writer. Included in the study is a synthesization of writing research with a multi-faceted curriculum. The study concludes by challenging teachers to acquire a theory of teaching writing based upon knowledge of research and instructional practices related to that theory.