Write On! A Sociocultural Approach to Promoting Engagement and Motivation in Writing for Elementary Students

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dc.contributor.authorHutchings, Merridee
dc.contributor.supervisorPantaleo, Sylvia
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-27T18:31:27Z
dc.date.available2015-08-27T18:31:27Z
dc.date.copyright2015en_US
dc.date.issued2015-08-27
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Curriculum and Instructionen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Education M.Ed.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe overarching goal of the project was to provide a theoretical foundation, research-based data, and experiential material to support the development of writing programs for intermediate elementary school students that support student engagement, motivation, and interest by affording students with choice, and opportunities to interact and collaborate in a writer’s workshop setting. The review of the literature focused on the topics of the sociocultural theory of learning, sociocultural theory in writing, and instructional practices including teaching writing as a process, using Writer’s Workshop, and affording opportunities for student collaboration and choice. Reflection on the literature review and the in-class implementation of a writer’s workshop writing program revealed how providing students with freedom of choice in developing topics and modes of presentation, and promoting student interaction and collaboration are directly related to increased student motivation, engagement, enjoyment of writing, improved writing abilities, writing output and overall satisfaction levels.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/6580
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectWriter's Workshopen_US
dc.subjectElementary Writing Instructionen_US
dc.subjectSociocultural theoryen_US
dc.subjectStudent motivationen_US
dc.subjectStudent engagementen_US
dc.subjectChoiceen_US
dc.subjectProcess based instructionen_US
dc.subjectCollaborationen_US
dc.subjectSociocultural theory in writingen_US
dc.titleWrite On! A Sociocultural Approach to Promoting Engagement and Motivation in Writing for Elementary Studentsen_US
dc.typeprojecten_US

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