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ERIC Number: ED659842
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 146
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 979-8-3840-1050-0
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The Impact of Upper-Elementary C3WP Resources on First Draft Student Writing Samples: A Study of Lexical Cohesion, Semantic Overlap, Grammar and Mechanics
Lisa F. Gusewelle
ProQuest LLC, Ed.D. Dissertation, The University of North Dakota
This study examines the impact of the College, Career, and Community Writers Program (C3WP) on upper-elementary students' first draft writing quality, addressing the challenges teachers face in providing timely and effective feedback on extensive student writing, particularly in spelling, grammar, mechanics, and cohesion. The hypothesis posits that C3WP resources will improve students' writing by enhancing lexical cohesion and reducing surface-level errors. Four 6th-grade students with varying reading proficiency levels participated in two C3WP mini-units over a two-month period. First drafts were analyzed using the Tool for the Automatic Analysis of Text Cohesion (TAACO) to measure semantic overlap and lexical cohesion, alongside error rates in spelling, grammar, mechanics, and punctuation. Results showed significant improvements in semantic overlap and lexical cohesion, with increased scores in binary adjacent and two-sentence overlaps, and repeated content lemmas (the base form of a word as it appears in a dictionary, used for analysis in linguistics and lexicography). Error analysis revealed a notable reduction in spelling and capitalization errors across all proficiency levels, although grammar and some mechanics errors increased slightly due to more complex writing tasks. The findings indicate that C3WP resources effectively enhance the quality of first draft writing by promoting better coherence and reducing surface-level errors. These results suggest that the program can significantly improve writing skills, providing valuable insights for educators seeking to adopt innovative instructional methods. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 6; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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