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The Role of Achievement Goals and Strategy Use in Secondary School Students' Integrated Writing Performance
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Yaping Liu; Choo Mui Cheong; Jiahuan Zhang – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2024
Achievement goal theory emphasizes the importance of achievement goals in learning behavior and performance, particularly in challenging tasks. However, little research has explored how achievement goals contribute to strategy use and integrated writing (IW) performance. The present study examined the relationship between achievement goals (task-,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Goal Orientation, Secondary School Students, Writing Achievement
Exploring AWE-Supported Writing Process: An Activity Theory Perspective
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Chen, Zhenzhen; Chen, Weichao; Jia, Jiyou; Le, Huixiao – Language Learning & Technology, 2022
Despite the growing interest in investigating the pedagogical application of Automated Writing Evaluation (AWE) systems, studies on the process of AWE-supported writing are still scant. Adopting activity theory as the framework, this qualitative study aims to examine how students incorporated AWE feedback into their writing in an English as a…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Writing Processes, Teaching Methods, Learning Strategies
Understanding Arab Students' Challenges, Strategy Use and Future Vision While Writing Their Masters Dissertations at a UK University: A Qualitative Inquiry
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Hajar, Anas – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2018
This paper aims to explore the strategic learning efforts and future vision of a group of Arab postgraduate students studying in a British University while writing a dissertation in English (about 15,000-20,000 words). It is guided by Dörnyei's [2009. "The L2 Motivational Self System." In "Motivation, Language Identity and the L2…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Foreign Students, Arabs
Informal Writing Assessment Linked to Instruction: A Continuous Process for Teachers, Students, and Parents
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Romeo, Lynn – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2008
This article presents a comprehensive model of daily, classroom informal writing assessment that is constantly linked to instruction and the characteristics of proficient writers. Methods for promoting teacher, student, and parent collaboration and their roles in dialoguing, conferencing, and reflection are discussed. Strategies for including…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Self Efficacy, Informal Assessment
The Evaluation of Writing across the Curriculum at Gallaudet College during the 1984-85 Academic Year.
Kelly, Leonard – 1985
Intended to complement two other summaries about writing across the curriculum at Gallaudet College for deaf students, this report describes the first academic year of the college's writing across the curriculum program (WAC), detailing various instructors' projects and their personal opinions about the program, as well as how the students felt…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Activities, Content Area Writing, Critical Thinking
Processes and Their Products: A Comparison of Task Sequences and Outcome in EAP Writing Classes.
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Allison, Desmond; And Others – Hong Kong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1995
A recent study proposed a rational for investigating the effects of mediating tasks upon a summary writing activity for tertiary-level students using English as an educational medium. The tasks in this study involved a group discussion or a reading comprehension exercise, with a third condition providing for immediate access to the text and…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Economics