Date of Award
Spring 4-29-2016
Document Type
Education 530 Project
Degree Name
Master of Education
Department
Education
First Advisor
Guth, Nancy
Major or Concentration
Education
Abstract
The impact of writing medium on student writing was examined through the writing scores and responses of twenty third graders who underwent separate writing treatments involving an authentic audience. Students were pretested on writing ability, systematically assigned to blogger or response journal treatment groups and were posttested on writing ability after their treatment. All participants responded to the same writing prompts and were required to respond to their peers' writing within their respective groups. Findings indicate that both treatments were successful, but blogging was more successful, particularly in the area of mechanics. Combined with qualitative data, these findings suggest that blogging induces more anxiety in students, pressuring them to write higher quality work the immediate feedback from technology and peer conversations that blogging affords leads to its success over journaling.
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Lisa, "The Impact of Writing Medium on the Quality of Student Writing" (2016). Student Research Submissions. 198.
https://scholar.umw.edu/student_research/198