Designing Writing Tasks in Google Docs that Encourage Conversation

2014 ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Rebecca Woodard ◽  
Adam Babcock
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Student Writing ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Google Docs ◽  
Writing Processes ◽  
Integrated Studies ◽  
K 12

This chapter explores how a high school teacher's design of writing tasks in Google Docs encouraged conversations and revisions in student writing. It details how Adam, chapter author and an English teacher in an integrated studies course, developed various scaffolds to improve feedback, including assigning self-annotation “conversation starters” in one class and participating in writing processes as an author himself in another class. Peer conversations in Google Docs were used for two purposes in the former class—to encourage the writer to revise or to affirm the writer, and for two purposes in the latter class—to debate the writer's techniques or to talk about the writer. The findings highlight instances where conversations were more and less successful, and explore possible reasons for the classes' different conversation types in Google Docs. This chapter concludes with research, teaching and learning implications for K-12 teachers using Google Docs to support feedback and revision.

scholarly journals The Effect of Learning Model Multimedia-Based toward The Students’ English Ability at Senior High School of Kolaka Regency

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 249
Author(s):  
Kadaruddin Kadaruddin
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Test Result

This research was design to know the effect of learning model multimedia-based toward the students’ English ablility at senior high school of Kolaka Regency. The question of the research was “Is there an effect of learning model multimedia-based toward the students’ English ablility at senior high school of Kolaka Regency? The objective of the research was to find out the data whether the learning model multimedia-based has an effect toward the students’ English ablility at senior high school of Kolaka Regency. The significant of the research was expected the model can be used as reference learning model to improve the students’ English ablility.<strong> </strong>The design of the research was pre-experimental design. The research was conducted at the first-class students of Senior High School 1 Wundulako in Kolaka District. The data were collected by using English test which given at the pre-test and the post-test.<strong> </strong>In analysed the students’ test result, which the mean score of pre-test was 33,8806 and the mean score of post-test was 69,4058, while the t-table 18,55&gt;2,042 t-test. Its mean that the learning model multimedia-based has an effect toward the students’ English ablility. Refering to the findings and discussions of the research, it can be concluded that the learning model multimedia-based has an effect toward the students’ English ablility at senior high school of Kolaka Regency. It was based on the mean score in pre-test and post-test.Based on the conclusion of the research, the researcher suggests to the teacher, especially English teacher in Kolaka Regency to use learning model multimedia-based in teaching and learning process to improve the students’ English ability.

scholarly journals Designing "Materials of Writing Analytical Exposition Text (MOWAET)" for Teaching English in Senior High School

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-31
Author(s):  
Uray Siti Annisa Ravi Ardha ◽  
Ikhsanudin Ikhsanudin Ikhsanudin ◽  
Luwandi Suhartono
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Material ◽  
Development Phase ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Internal Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Phase ◽  
The Media ◽  
Teaching Learning

Analytical exposition text is one of the texts studied by eleventh-grade students, and they are asked to produce the analytical exposition text by themselves. However, they faced some difficulties that impede their teaching and learning of making the analytical exposition text. This research aimed to design Materials of Writing Analytical Exposition Text (MOWAET) as a supplementary teaching material to support teaching and learning analytical exposition text. This research was developmental research and applied ADDIE as the procedure to design the materials. Still, there were only three implemented phases in this research: analyzing, designing, and developing. MOWAET was the completed design product for teaching-learning analytical exposition text. The researcher interviewed an English teacher of SMA Negeri 4 Pontianak to do the analyzing phase. MOWAET was created by using PowerPoint and Animaker as the supporting software. The researcher used an internal evaluation to ensure that the product is usable in the development phase. The internal evaluation phase showed that MOWAET met all the criteria, including the objectives, the content, and the media option. Shortening, it was found that the materials of writing analytical exposition text (MOWAET) are usable to support teaching and learning analytical exposition text.

Assessing Efforts to Diversify Kentucky’s K–12 Teacher Workforce: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of a Grow-Your-Own-Teacher Pathway

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Kyle Ingle ◽  
Stephen M. Leach ◽  
Amy S. Lingo
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
School Districts ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
School Personnel ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
White Female ◽  
School Students ◽  
Item Responses ◽  
K 12

We examined the characteristics of 77 high school participants from four school districts who participated in the Teaching and Learning Career Pathway (TLCP) at the University of Louisville during the 2018–2019 school year. The program seeks to support the recruitment of a diverse and effective educator workforce by recruiting high school students as potential teachers for dual-credit courses that explore the teaching profession. Utilizing descriptive and inferential analysis (χ2 tests) of closed-ended item responses as well as qualitative analysis of program documents, Web sites, and students’ open-ended item responses, we compared the characteristics of the participants with those of their home school districts and examined their perceptions of the program. When considering gender and race/ethnicity, our analysis revealed the program was unsuccessful in its first year, reaching predominantly white female high school students who were already interested in teaching. Respondents reported learning about the TLCP from school personnel, specifically, guidance counselors (39%), non-TCLP teachers (25%), or TLCP teachers (20%). We found that the TLCP program has not defined diversity in a measurable way and the lack of an explicit program theory hinders the evaluation and improvement of TLCP. Program recruitment and outcomes are the result of luck or idiosyncratic personnel recommendations rather than intentional processes. We identified a need for qualitative exploration of in-school recruitment processes and statewide longitudinal studies to track participant outcomes in college and in the teacher labor market.

Fantasy Workshop

2014 ◽  
pp. 249-260
Author(s):  
Marit Grande Haugdal ◽  
Hilde Sundfaer
Keyword(s):  
Creative Writing ◽  
Management System ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Previous Knowledge ◽  
Writing Processes ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Write To Learn ◽  
Literature Class ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Grade Classroom

Fantasy Workshop is a project focused on the active use of a Learning Management System (LMS), itslearning, in teaching and learning in a K-12 blended environment. As teachers in this study, the authors used an LMS as a learning platform in their 6th grade literature class. The focus for the class was creative writing and learning about Fantasy, a fiction genre. The aim of the project was to enable all students, not only those students who love to read and write, to learn about the Fantasy genre in a way that would build on their previous knowledge and interests. In addition, the project was aimed at facilitating students’ writing processes in such a way that was meaningful and motivating for all students. Most importantly, as teachers, the authors used this project to establish an effective blended environment that worked for teaching and learning in the 6th grade classroom.

scholarly journals STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION IN SPEAKING ENGLISH

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mas Darul Ihsan
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Physical Reality ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Learning And Teaching

As the English teacher in the classroom, there will be some problems or conditions need to be accomplished. Teacher will see some of the students are very motivated, motivated or even feeling ignored in studying English. The learners who have contacted with English will find that some features are quite easy and extremely difficult. One of the more complicated problems of second or foreign languages learning and  teaching has been to define and apply the construct of motivation in the classroom. Motivation is a concept without physical reality, we cannot see motivation; we see effort, interest, attitude and desire. For speaking, it is important first to give competence and then performance. Competence is more likely to the extent a communicator is motivated to be so. Motivation is the extent to which a communicator is drawn towards or pushed away from communicating competently in a given context then performed. This is a descriptive  quantitative research. The data obtained from the questionnaire distributed and analyzed to get the result.  The date taken from the students of Muhammadiyah 1 Senior High School Gresik in Easy-Speaking course. The researcher wanted to know the students’ motivation in practicing speaking English in Easy-Speaking course. The results show that1) the learners effort in practicing speaking English is 56.1 %. 2) The learners’ interest in practicing speaking English is 49.7 %. 3) The learners’ attitude towards practicing speaking English is 59.9 %. 4) The learners’ desire in practicing speaking English is 71.43 %. Then, some suggestions are made: 1) Using media is very important both to increase the learners’ motivation and to give a big opportunity to learners to explore their idea. 2) Giving more variations techniques in teaching and learning process in order do not monotonous. 3) Giving prizes, encouraging and giving extra points for learners who can express their idea by speaking English well. 4) Creating favorable atmosphere in the classroom.

scholarly journals Weblog as an Appropriate Online Medium in Teaching Writing

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Sandi Pradana ◽  
Ashadi Ashadi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Writing ◽  
Online Media ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Learner Participation ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean

This research aims to develop weblog as media in teaching writing of senior high school students.It is a research and development (R&D) study that follows ASSURE model proposed by Heinrich and developed by Smaldino, Heinich, Molenda, & Russell (2005:49). The procedure of developing media consisted of analyzing learner, stating objective, selecting media, utilizing media, requiring learner participation, evaluating and revising.The product was examined by the media expert. After conducting the first test, the second test was conducted by English teacher and students. The subjects of this research were the eleventh grade students of PGN 1 High school. The subject consisted of 19 students of class XI. The researcher used an interview and questionnaires as the data collecting technique. The questionnaires were distributed for needs analysis and expert validation. English teacher and students’ responded toward the developed weblog. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics for the questionnaires and the qualitative analysis technique for the interview.The findings revealed that the developed weblog as online media in teaching writing is categorized “very good” by experts with the mean scores put on 3.82. The result score of tryout is 3.48 and categorized as very good. The English teacher’s response towards the weblog show the range of average mean score on 3.69 categorized “very good”. Therefore, the developed weblog is very appropriate to use in teaching and learning process of writing.

Fantasy Workshop

2018 ◽  
pp. 617-629
Author(s):  
Marit Grande Haugdal ◽  
Hilde Sundfaer
Keyword(s):  
Creative Writing ◽  
Management System ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Previous Knowledge ◽  
Writing Processes ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Write To Learn ◽  
Literature Class ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Grade Classroom

Fantasy Workshop is a project focused on the active use of a Learning Management System (LMS), itslearning, in teaching and learning in a K-12 blended environment. As teachers in this study, the authors used an LMS as a learning platform in their 6th grade literature class. The focus for the class was creative writing and learning about Fantasy, a fiction genre. The aim of the project was to enable all students, not only those students who love to read and write, to learn about the Fantasy genre in a way that would build on their previous knowledge and interests. In addition, the project was aimed at facilitating students' writing processes in such a way that was meaningful and motivating for all students. Most importantly, as teachers, the authors used this project to establish an effective blended environment that worked for teaching and learning in the 6th grade classroom.

Voices Inside Schools: The Poet, the CEO, and the First-Grade Teacher

2001 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Ellen Dakin
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Student Achievement ◽  
Chief Executive Officer ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
First Grade ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
High School English ◽  
Hewlett Packard ◽  
Grade Teacher

Using the poetry of Walt Whitman (the Poet), an MIT graduation speech by Carleton Fiorina, the chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard (the CEO), and the words of a teacher (the First-Grade Teacher), high school English teacher Mary Ellen Dakin shares with readers the transformation of her understanding of student achievement. Dakin expands her notions of intelligence and achievement to validate and incorporate ideas she had previously rejected. Through an introspective process, Dakin is able to find success in places she never thought to look. This essay encourages teachers to challenge and broaden the assumptions that they bring to teaching and learning. (pp. 269-284)

scholarly journals TYPES, PURPOSE, AND STRATEGIES OF TEACHER’S QUESTIONS IN INDONESIAN EFL CLASSROOM OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN BALI

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
AAGY Paramartha ◽  
NMS Ramawati ◽  
PED Suputra
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
Seventh Grade ◽  
The Subject

This study was a case study which aimed to analyze the types of questions used by an English teacher, the purposes of questions asked by the teacher, and the strategy used to cope with non-responded questions. The subject of this study was an English teacher who taught seventh grade students at SMPN 1 Singaraja which is located in Singaraja, Buleleng regency, Bali, Indonesia. The data were collected through observation, interview, and video recording. The result of the analysis showed that from 241 questions, the teacher more frequently asked convergent, closed, and display questions rather than divergent, open, and referential questions. Procedural questions were also found. The teacher’s questions served several purposes such as to check students’ knowledge and understanding, to attract students’ activeness, to develop students’ interest and curiosity, and to stimulate students in stating information. It was also found that the teacher used seven strategies to cope with non-responded questions. This study suggested the teacher to balance the number of convergent, closed, and display with divergent, open, and referential questions to be used during teaching and learning process. In addition, the teacher should know more about the strategies for non-responded questions and the proper way to use those strategies to make the teaching and learning process runs smoothly.

scholarly journals Ask More Questions?

2019 ◽  
Vol 113 ◽  
pp. 91-93
Author(s):  
Allison Ricket
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Student Writing ◽  
English Teacher ◽  
High School English

A high school English teacher tries to steer a student writing a research paper in a more politically relevant direction and learns something important when her efforts backfire.

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