An Action Research on Applying Concept Mapping to Instruction of Writing for Primary School Students

• Main Authors: Tsai,Hsiao-Shih, 蔡筱詩
• Other Authors: Sun,Chien-Chiu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/49789199973522924777

碩士 === 國立臺北教育大學 === 課程與教學研究所 === 100 === Abstract The thesis is aimed at exploring the impact on 4th-grade students’ writing performance through the integration of concept mapping into writing teaching with action research. Through practice, conductor of the research and the reseach partner focus on examining students’ works with “Narratives Assessment Chart” to grade their writings before and after the integration and look into the impact of concept mapping during the process of writing. In addition, it is also expected to have a better understanding of teachers’ professional growth during the process of the study. In the course of the study, the teaching process was video recorded. Along with the research partner’s “Teaching Observation Chart,” we kept a record in the “Action Journal” each time during teaching and conducted an interview with the case study to see the whole picture of the study process and results. At the end, students’ works were put into quantitative analysis and cross analyzed as well as interpreted with concept mapping and the aforesaid records. The key findings are as follows: I. Applying concept mapping to writing teaching enhances students’ writing performance A. Applying concept mapping to writing teaching helps students to “conceive ideas.” B. Applying concept mapping to writing teaching helps students to “organize an essay.” C. Effects of the integration of concept mapping into different groups The high score group: no too much improvement on the raw score；but the middle and low score groups: much improvement on the raw score II. The necessity of teachers’ professional conversation and teams According to the study results, suggestions of this research are as follows: A. Suggestions to teaching 1. Writing tools shall be flexible. 2. Concept mapping can be applied to various teaching experiments. B. Suggestions to the future 1. Research time can be extended. 2. Study samples can be increased. 3. Research can use the different types of concept map and the different styles of writing.