ERIC Number: EJ822149
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Jan
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-1938-8071
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Integrating the 6+1 Writing Traits Model with Cross-Age Tutoring: An Investigation of Elementary Students' Writing Development
Paquette, Kelli R.
Literacy Research and Instruction, v48 n1 p28-38 Jan 2009
A mixed methodological approach was used to examine the effect of a cross-age tutoring writing program among second- and fourth-grade students in a rural elementary school in Delaware. Pre-test and post-test writing prompts were administered and evaluated using the 6+1 traits writing assessment rubric. Students were assessed qualitatively through written journal responses and group discussions, and interviews were conducted at the completion of the cross-age tutoring writing program. After detailed descriptive statistics were ascertained, an analysis of covariance test was performed. The analysis revealed that there was a statistically significant academic difference between fourth-grade students who participated in the cross-age tutoring writing program and the fourth-grade students who did not participate in the program. There was no statistically significant academic difference between the second-grade treatment and non-treatment groups. (Contains 8 tables.)
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests, Scoring Rubrics, Statistical Analysis, Cross Age Teaching, Tutoring, Rural Areas, Pretests Posttests, Academic Achievement, Individual Differences, Models, Student Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 2; Grade 4
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Delaware
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