The Effects of Free Writing on Junior-high School Students’ Writing Motivation and Writing Performance

碩士 === 國立臺灣藝術大學 === 藝術與人文教學研究所 === 104 === This study is in the use of action research, which focuses on integrating free writing into writing curriculum to the eighth grade students. This study brings them what impact of writing motivation and writing performance, and designs to apply the free...

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Main Authors: Lai, Ya-Hung, 賴亞鴻
Other Authors: YAN,RUO-YING
Format: Others
Language:zh-TW
Published: 2016
Online Access:http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/39915362228811552478
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Summary:碩士 === 國立臺灣藝術大學 === 藝術與人文教學研究所 === 104 === This study is in the use of action research, which focuses on integrating free writing into writing curriculum to the eighth grade students. This study brings them what impact of writing motivation and writing performance, and designs to apply the free writing teaching in practicable curriculum at the stage of junior high school, and researchers’ record on their own professional growth and reflection. The subject of study is a junior high school in Taoyuan City, the implementation of the free writing course is to the eighth grade class with 25 students. The whole course lasted 6 weeks, 540 minutes. Before, and immediate after the course, the students filled out a scale of writing motivation, wrote short articles, and filled out course feedback questionnaires. The major findings of the study were as following: 1. The results of “before - after” measurements of "Writing Motivation Scale" in this study, is significantly effective. To integrate the free writing course into writing education, which enhances the writing motivation of junior high school students. 2. The students in the free writing course made significant improvements in their writing ability. 3. Over eighty percent of the students interested in this writing course, believed that free writing promoted their writing motivation, and they wished to have the same writing course hereafter. Based on the findings of this study, the implications and suggestions for teachers and future research were discussed.