Study of Verbal Peer Feedback on the Improvement of the Quality of Writing and the Transfer of Knowledge in Francophone Students in Grade 4 Living in a Minority Situation in Canada.

Blain, Sylvie

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Publication Date: 2001

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Study of Verbal Peer Feedback on the Improvement of the Quality of Writing and the Transfer of Knowledge in Francophone Students in Grade 4 Living in a Minority Situation in Canada.

Blain, Sylvie

Language, Culture and Curriculum, v14 n2 p156-70 2001

Discusses results of an action research project done in a Grade 4 classroom. Students were taught to provide verbal feedback on compositions written by their peers. Results suggest that elementary students were not only able to provide constructive peer feedback but also that they succeeded in improving the quality of their compositions after receiving comments from their peers. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Action Research, Elementary School Students, Feedback, Foreign Countries, French, French Canadians, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Language Minorities, Peer Evaluation, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Transfer of Training, Verbal Communication, Writing (Composition)

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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