Evidence-based teaching of essay writing: Intervention at primary school

Writing skills are important for educational achievement, employment and social and civic participation. This quasi-experimental study aimed to improve essay writing skills with an evidence-based intervention in two schools of mainstream P6 (grade 5) students (N = 44) in a largely rural local author...

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Published inEducational psychology in practice Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 303 - 319
Main Authors Green, Kelton R., Topping, Keith, Lakin, Elizabeth
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Harlow Routledge 03.07.2021
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Educational psychology
elementary school
Elementary School Students
Essays
Evidence Based Practice
Foreign Countries
Intervention
Program Effectiveness
Program Implementation
Self regulation
Student writing
Writing Instruction
Writing Skills
writing strategy instruction
United Kingdom (Scotland)
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Summary:Writing skills are important for educational achievement, employment and social and civic participation. This quasi-experimental study aimed to improve essay writing skills with an evidence-based intervention in two schools of mainstream P6 (grade 5) students (N = 44) in a largely rural local authority in Scotland. The intervention included peer revision of each other's texts in a programme of writing strategy instruction and self-regulation. The control students (N = 46) followed an on-going parallel intervention. The experimental programme led to large positive effect sizes for writing quality. This was the first study in Scotland to investigate writing strategy instruction and self-regulation as part of an evidence-based intervention.
ISSN:0266-7363
1469-5839
DOI:10.1080/02667363.2021.1939658