ERIC Number: EJ1439109
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Jul
Pages: 28
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ISSN: ISSN-0007-8204
EISSN: EISSN-1943-2216
Middle School Writers' Attitudes and Beliefs on Revision Paired with Transmediation during a Flash Fiction Unit
Katherine E. Batchelor
English Education, v50 n4 p337-364 2018
This article describes the results of a study that examined middle school students' written revisions as well as attitudes and perceptions regarding revision when paired with transmediation. Existing research on revision is thin on transmediation's affordances and students' voices regarding revision. Situated within a social semiotic, multimodal literacy framework, this article addresses how students began to see revision's purpose and process as more meaningful and substantive as a result of transacting with their transmediated objects during a flash fiction unit of study.
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students, Writing Instruction, Revision (Written Composition), Error Correction, Process Approach (Writing), Learning Processes, Semiotics, Science Fiction, Fiction, Literary Genres
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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