Graduate Project Title
Assessment of Seventh Grade Students' Attitudes Towards Writing
Document Type
Graduate Project
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 2000
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Steven A. Schmitz
Second Committee Member
James L. DePaepe
Third Committee Member
Osman Alawiye
Abstract
Eleven students in seventh grade were pretested regarding their attitudes towards writing, using the Knudson Writing Attitude Survey for Children. A writing workshop based on the Nancie Atwell model was implemented for one month with the group. The students took the Knudson Survey again as a post test after the workshop. Results varied, with some of the students' attitudes remaining the same, some improving, and some declining. Suggestions for further research include studying the impact of specific teaching methodologies on writing self-efficacy beliefs, designing surveys to assess only self-efficacy beliefs, and studying the reasons for the drop in self-efficacy beliefs among middle-school students.
Recommended Citation
Gregory, Frances Downey, "Assessment of Seventh Grade Students' Attitudes Towards Writing" (2000). All Graduate Projects. 658.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/graduate_projects/658
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