Journal writing with weekly teacher feedback fostered cooperative learning atmosphere and student-teacher rapport¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r1 · q1
Currency · newest study 2010 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q1 i? By the seventh week a cooperative learning atmosphere pervaded the experimental group, with students discussing journal entries and forming voluntary peer-editing groups. → Tuan 2010 q1 i? Student-teacher rapport was strengthened through the researcher's weekly comments and responses on journal entries, per student reflections. → Tuan 2010 (2)

Evidence¶

Tuan 2010¶

Luu Trong Tuan. (2010). Enhancing EFL Learners’ Writing Skill via Journal Writing. English Language Teaching, Vol. 3, No. 3. www.ccsenet.org/elt. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1081806

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Qualitative observations of journal entries and occasional interviews with experimental-group students; students also formed informal peer-editing groups and published entries on class and individual blogs.

"By the seventh week, a cooperative learning atmosphere pervaded the experimental group. Often overheard in the conversations at break time or after class were such utterances as “ Have you written your journal entry today?”"

Tuan 2010 (2)¶

Luu Trong Tuan. (2010). Enhancing EFL Learners’ Writing Skill via Journal Writing. English Language Teaching, Vol. 3, No. 3. www.ccsenet.org/elt. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1081806

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Authors' interpretation of observational and interview data; one student wrote that the teacher corrected journal entries every week while the writing teacher had corrected only three essays during the semester.

"Not only was the cooperative learning atmosphere among the students created thanks to journal writing, but the student-teacher rapport was also strengthened through the researcher’s comments on and responses to their writings."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Collaboration — outcome: instruction changes it

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