Date
6-2012
Department
School of Education
Degree
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Chair
Gary Kuhne
Primary Subject Area
Education, General; Education, Secondary; Education, Language and Literature; Education, Curriculum and Instruction; Education, Tests and Measurements
Keywords
assessment, blogging, formal writing, instructional technology, proficiency
Disciplines
Curriculum and Instruction | Education | Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research | Liberal Studies
Recommended Citation
Glymph, Olga, "The Effect of the Private Classroom Blog on the Acquisition of Formal Writing Proficiency with Spanish III High School Students" (2012). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 565.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/565
Abstract
This study examined the impact of a private classroom blog implemented as an instructional technology on student writing proficiency in a world language with the focus on formal writing. The nonequivalent control-group, pre-posttest design was used to determine if the use of the private classroom blog in teaching world language formal writing affected student writing proficiency with the specific focus on task completion, comprehensibility, level of discourse, vocabulary, and language control. This research study used a convenience sample of sophomore, junior, and senior students in a Georgia public high school. Independent raters evaluated students' writings using the Fairfax County Public Schools writing analytic rubric for level three. The researcher used ANCOVA to compare the posttest mean of the experimental group to the posttest mean of the control group in each category. No statistically significant differences were found between the two groups in any of the categories. Study limitations are outlined and suggestions for future research are included.
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Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Commons, Liberal Studies Commons
