A longitudinal intervention study of the effects of increasing amount of meaningful writing across grades 1 and 2
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Skar, Gustaf B., Graham, Stephen, Huebner, Alan, Kvistad, Anne Holten, Johansen, Marita Byberg and Aasen, Arne Johannes. (2023). A longitudinal intervention study of the effects of increasing amount of meaningful writing across grades 1 and 2. Reading and Writing. 37(6), pp. 1345-1373. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-023-10460-0
Authors | Skar, Gustaf B., Graham, Stephen, Huebner, Alan, Kvistad, Anne Holten, Johansen, Marita Byberg and Aasen, Arne Johannes |
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Abstract | The current study examined the effectiveness of a writing is caught approach with young developing writers in Norway. This method is based on the premise that writing competence is acquired naturally through real use in meaningful contexts. Our longitudinal randomized control trial study tested this proposition by examining if increasing first grade students’ opportunities to write in various genres for different purposes and for a range of audiences over a two-year time period improved the quality of their writing, handwriting fluency, and attitude towards writing. The study included data from 942 students (50.1% girls) in 26 schools randomly assigned to the experimental treatment, and 743 students (50.6% girls) in 25 schools randomly assigned to the business-as-usual (BAU) control condition. Across Grades 1 and 2, experimental teachers were asked to supplement their typical writing instruction by implementing 40 writing activities designed to increase students’ purposeful writing. Increasing experimental students’ writing over the two-year period did not result in statistically detectable differences in the writing quality, handwriting fluency, and attitude towards writing of students in the experimental and BAU control conditions. These findings did not provide support for the effectiveness of the writing is caught approach. Implications for theory, research, and practiced are discussed. |
Keywords | writing; teaching writing; increasing writing; writing is caught approach |
Year | 01 Jan 2023 |
Journal | Reading and Writing |
Journal citation | 37 (6), pp. 1345-1373 |
Publisher | Springer-Verlag Dordrecht |
ISSN | 1573-0905 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-023-10460-0 |
Web address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11145-023-10460-0 |
Open access | Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 1345-1373 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 08 Jun 2023 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 26 May 2023 |
Deposited | 08 Aug 2024 |
Additional information | © The Author(s) 2023 |
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Open access funding provided by NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology (incl St. Olavs Hospital - Trondheim University Hospital). This study was funded by a grant from the Norwegian Research Council (Grant No.: 288795). | |
Place of publication | Netherlands |
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