In Term 1 we were lucky enough to have Dr Shawn Hawthorne share a presentation around ‘What works for teaching ‘reluctant’ writers?’
Here are my takeaways:
The data:
- By Year 4, 25% of students are achieving below level 2
- Girls score better than boys on most writing tasks
- Attitude towards writing declines with age
- Maori and PI students have lower scores than Pakeha students
Engagement can be considered to have 3 key elements:
1. Behavioural
2. Cognitive
3. Emotional
Researchers have recently added ‘ agency’ as a 4th element.
Sometimes children fail to engage because they do not see themselves as writers, they don’t see a need for writing, writing is too hard and it will end in mistakes to correct. Engagement is essential for other conditions to ‘click’.
Factors that affect engagement:
Something that stood out to me was the Key Belief of ‘all students are able to improve their writing.’ One way we can help these students improve is by giving them strategic knowledge which involves developing their knowledge and skill, in using strategies that help them to effectively manage the demands of the writing process.
Shawn Hawthorne’s Effective pedagogy for teaching writing closely links with the information I shared in the Writing Process PLD which I co-presented with Anita and Gina at Stonefields School. He believes there are 8 effective practices for teaching writing:
Practises 5 and 7 closely align to The Writing Process I have been implementing in my learning design to teach writing.
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