dc.contributor.advisor | Li, Jia | |
dc.contributor.author | Mak, Lillian | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-19T19:40:29Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-25T18:44:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-04-19T19:40:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-03-25T18:44:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-02-01 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10155/1279 | |
dc.description.abstract | This exploratory study examined the reading-writing connection and the effects of online collaboration through the use of OneNote on improving the expository writing performance of first-year community college students. The intervention was a 10-week integrated reading and writing instructional program focused on systematically developing discrete expository writing skills each week. Peer collaboration and technology were used to support students in developing higher-order cognitive skills characteristic of source-based writing. Data were collected from 70 students enrolled in four sections of a communications course in a large community college, with sections assigned to either a control or treatment group. Pre- and post-writing tests and standardized reading tests measuring three different reading attributes were analyzed to examine correlations and performance of the control and treatment groups. The findings included a significant difference in the treatment lower-proficiency sub-group’s writing performance, indicating that the instructional framework with the technology-supported collaborative setting had a positive effect. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | University of Ontario Institute of Technology | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.subject | Expository writing | en |
dc.subject | Integrated reading-writing | en |
dc.subject | Technology | en |
dc.subject | Collaboration | en |
dc.subject | Community college | en |
dc.title | The impact of an online collaboration tool on first-year community college students’ learning of expository writing | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
dc.degree.level | Master of Arts (MA) | en |
dc.degree.discipline | Education | en |