Using drawings by secondary preservice teachers to study their writing process and apprehension
Abstract
Drawings by 115 secondary preservice teachers of their writing process for a typical term paper and a nontraditional "how-to" book (which describes how to do something) were contrasted. Revision was the focus of the typical papers; whereas, ownership and book-making were the focus of "how-to" book sketches. Preservice teachers' writing apprehension was reduced after writing a "how-to" book. Drawings and survey answers of preservice teachers who increased or decreased their writing apprehension by one standard deviation after writing a "how-to" book were compared. Preservice teachers who reduced their writing apprehension reported enjoying the "how-to" book writing more in comparison to past writing, had more ownership, and were more likely to ask their future students to write a "how-to" book.
Reference
Daisey, P. (2008). Using drawings by secondary preservice teachers to study their writing process and apprehension. In M. M. Foote, S. Szabo, F. Falk-Rose, & M. B. Sampson (Eds.), The Twenty-Ninth Yearbook A Peer Reviewed Publication of The College Reading Association (Vol. 29, pp. 201–218). Commerce, TX: College Reading Association.
Journal
Yearbook of the College Reading Association
Analysis
Is this article part of a larger project or series of studies?
unclear
Does this study draw on a large, preexisting data set?
no
Research Approach
Geographic Setting
Institutional Context
Certification Level
Programatic Focus
Research Location Context
- Content area literacy course
Preservice Participants
- Graduate and undergraduate
Preservice Sample Size
115
Duration of Data Collection
Data Sources
- Likert style survey
- student work
Data Analysis Tools
- chi-square test
- Constant comparative analysis
- Statistical analysis
- t-test
Researcher Positionality
Research Questions
Does writing a "how-to" book reduce the writing apprehension of secondary preservice teachers?
Is this research question explicit from the manuscript? Yes
What steps of the writing process are the focus for preservice teachers for their "how-to" books in comparison to a term paper?
Is this research question explicit from the manuscript? Yes
What steps of the "how-to" book writing process are the focus for secondary preservice teachers whose writing apprehension decreased in contrast to those whose writing apprehension increased?
Is this research question explicit from the manuscript? Yes
How do attitudes toward writing, and predictions about future inclusion of instructional content area writing, compare for those secondary preservice teachers whose writing apprehension decreased versus those that increase after writing a "how-to" book?
Is this research question explicit from the manuscript? Yes