Ten-session 6+1 trait training program for ESP pharmacy students

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Evidence · 2 claims (2 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 2 claims rest on one study

Description

A researcher-constructed training program based on the 6+1 traits model, aiming to develop ESP university students' critical thinking skills, writing skills, and study skills for lifelong learning such as communication and autonomy. "The program consisted of eight topics that were distributed over ten sessions (six sessions for paragraph writing and four sessions for essay writing." Each session was 105 minutes alongside one semester, applied over 11 weeks during the academic year 2017/2018. Students were evaluated on their contribution and participation in paragraph and essay writing and were allowed to evaluate their own writings.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• Instruments validated through jury validation; reliability established with alpha Cronbach (0.709 for the critical thinking test, 0.738 for the writing skills test)

Constraints

• Delimited to first-year students at faculty of pharmacy from Horus University, aged seventeen to eighteen

Target Learners

• first-year ESP university students at faculty of pharmacy

Learning Goals

• critical thinking skills
• writing achievement
• study skills for lifelong learning

Claims

• Six Plus One Trait Critical Thinking Prepost Gain [+M]
• Six Plus One Trait Writing Prepost Gain [+M]
• ESP university students taught with the 6+1 trait writing model had a higher critical thinking post-test mean than control-group peers, with no between-group test reported [+W]
• ESP university students taught with the 6+1 trait writing model had a higher writing post-test mean than control-group peers, with no between-group test reported [+W]

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Key Sources

• Qoura, A. A., & Zahran, F. A. (2018). The Effect of the 6+1 Trait Writing Model on ESP University Students Critical Thinking and Writing Achievement. English Language Teaching, 11(9). https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v11n9p68

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title	Ten-session 6+1 trait training program for ESP pharmacy students
description	A researcher-constructed training program based on the 6+1 traits model, aiming to develop ESP university students' critical thinking skills, writing skills, and study skills for lifelong learning such as communicatio...
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