Teachers' belief that their students were ready for argumentative writing significantly predicted student growth within the first prompt¶

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q2 i? The relationship between teachers believing students were well-prepared for argumentative writing and student growth was significant within the first prompt and trending positive within the second. → Greene Nolan 2023

Evidence¶

Greene Nolan 2023¶

Greene Nolan, H. L., & Vang, M. C. (2023). Automated essay scoring in middle school writing: Understanding key predictors of students' growth and comparing artificial intelligence- and teacher-generated scores and feedback. Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/187

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In the survey-predictor models, the readiness-belief item significantly predicted first-prompt growth (Table 4, Outcome 1); the second-prompt relationship was described as trending positive, likely approaching significance with a larger sample.

"Another notable finding was the significant relationship between teachers who believed their students were well-prepared for argumentative writing and students experiencing writing growth."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Writing Skills — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

Middle school students with the lowest baseline argumentative-writing scores showed the largest growth across essay attempts on an AES platform, while mid- and high-baseline students showed limited or no significant change — related
Teachers' confidence in teaching students to order reasons and evidence logically significantly predicted student writing growth within the first and second prompts — related
Teachers' years of experience and most self-reported instructional practices did not significantly predict students' AES-measured writing growth — reports the opposite
Educators' emotion regulation, relationship management, well-being, and school climate perceptions did not predict whether students met i-Ready math or reading growth goals — related
Learners' task-specific self-efficacy beliefs predict whether they initiate, persist through, and recover from difficulty on academic tasks. — a broader claim this one bears on

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