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Direct linkPui-sze Yeung; Kevin Kien-hoa Chung; David Wai-ock Chan; Elaine Sau-wai Chan – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2025
The relationship among three writing motivation and affective constructs (writing self-efficacy, perceived value of writing, and writing apprehension) and writing performance was examined among 273 Chinese fourth graders. The structural equation modelling results showed that the direct path from writing apprehension to writing performance was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Writing (Composition)
Garry Bryn Hobbs; Sandie Mourão – ELT Journal, 2025
This article reports on an intervention study conducted to improve young Thai learners' motivation and attitudes towards take-home tests. The traditional use of summative tests in education has often led to increased pressure and demotivation among students. Based on formative assessment practices and motivational strategies, the study aimed to…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Student Motivation, Learner Engagement, Foreign Countries
Brigid Ovitt – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Because writing is complex and draws upon so many psychological and cognitive processes, learning to write is even more challenging for students with disabilities than it is for typically developing students. Nonetheless, writing research in the field of education and special education lags behind that of many other academic subjects. The body of…
Descriptors: Journal Writing, Dialogs (Language), Writing Research, Writing Achievement
Tania Maria Cruz Cordero – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Writing motivation has been deemed a critical aspect of the writing process because motivation affects how students engage with the writing process, how much effort and time they exert in the tasks, and the quality of their written products (Graham, 2018). Writing motivation has been the focus of recent studies on how to improve the discouraging…
Descriptors: Writing Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Writing Processes, Learner Engagement
Corinne Alice Nulton – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation examines the prevalence of school-induced literacy shaming in first-year college writers while examining how these experiences have shaped the students' attitudes towards writing in ways that impacted their academic trajectories. Using a qualitative approach, data was collected through surveys, narrative prompts, and…
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, College Freshmen, Writing Attitudes, Negative Attitudes
Download full textYing He – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2024
Several barriers hinder students from producing clear and impactful written work. Writing assignments are often given on an individual basis, similar to homework, and without any assistance. Students in a classroom context have access to both their classmates and the teacher while they are working in groups or pairs as part of their assignments.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
