Professional development for evidence-based SRSD writing instruction: Elevating fourth grade outcomes

Writing is a critical skill for success in all areas of life, but it is one of the least taught skills in school. Teachers consistently report being unprepared to teach writing. In this study, set in a Southern U.S. boomtown, teachers received two days of practice-based professional development for a ten-week implementation of self-regulated strategy development (SRSD), an evidence-based writing intervention, to support student persuasive and informational writing as well as performance on the state standardized writing exam. This multi-site cluster randomized controlled study evaluated the effectiveness of SRSD on student writing outcomes including prompt adherence, elements, and holistic quality. Multilevel modeling analysis was used to evaluate data from 418 fourth -grade students (256 treatment, 162 control) nested across 33 classes (n = 17 treatment taught by 8 departmentalized teachers; 16 control, 9 departmentalized teachers) within 11 schools randomly assigned to condition. Teachers implemented SRSD with high fidelity (M = 92%; range 91–100%). SRSD had a statistically significant and large effect on prompt adherence (p < .001; Hedges’ g = 1.87), elements (p < .001; Hedges’ g = 0.84) and holistic scores (p < .001; Hedges’ g = 0.87), while holding gender and pretest scores constant. Effects of SRSD on all writing measures were not significantly moderated by students’ gender, students’ pretest scores, or schools’ pretest scores. There were complications with teacher observations, especially related to technology. Limitations and future directions are discussed.     

体验:有效教学的应有之义

体验是一个既区别于认知又区别于经验的概念。传统教学过多关注学生的认知与经验。体验教学不只是注重对知识进行认知、积累和加工,更强调通过体验与反省使知识进入个人内心世界,与学生生活境遇和人生经验融合并生成意义。体验乃有效教学的应有之义。     

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高职任务驱动教学重视学生小组合作学习的教学组织形式,目的是面向全体学生,把学生差异作为教学资源,让具有差异的不同个体组成学习小组,在合作完成同一任务中通过互相帮助共同提升职业适应能力。针对目前高职任务驱动教学中小组合作学习存在的问题,从合作学习的要素出发探讨了合作学习有效策略的运用,有利于高职教师在任务驱动教学中运用合作学习有效策略提高教学效果。     

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