Student attitudes and achievement in classrooms where parents provide an authentic audience for student writing utilising information and communication technologies

Utilising ICT, this study evaluates a programme where primary students' writing was emailed to parents for them to become an authentic audience for the work. Adopting a mixed methods approach, it examines the impact on student attitude and achievement and classroom learning environment, using t...

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Main Author: Ribbons, Allan Leslie
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1884
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description Utilising ICT, this study evaluates a programme where primary students' writing was emailed to parents for them to become an authentic audience for the work. Adopting a mixed methods approach, it examines the impact on student attitude and achievement and classroom learning environment, using the WIHIC and TROFLEI instruments. Results indicated that the programme positively impacted student attitudes towards writing while providing more limited impact on achievement and classroom environment.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-18842017-02-20T06:39:27Z Student attitudes and achievement in classrooms where parents provide an authentic audience for student writing utilising information and communication technologies Ribbons, Allan Leslie Utilising ICT, this study evaluates a programme where primary students' writing was emailed to parents for them to become an authentic audience for the work. Adopting a mixed methods approach, it examines the impact on student attitude and achievement and classroom learning environment, using the WIHIC and TROFLEI instruments. Results indicated that the programme positively impacted student attitudes towards writing while providing more limited impact on achievement and classroom environment. 2015 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1884 en Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Ribbons, Allan Leslie
Student attitudes and achievement in classrooms where parents provide an authentic audience for student writing utilising information and communication technologies
title Student attitudes and achievement in classrooms where parents provide an authentic audience for student writing utilising information and communication technologies
title_full Student attitudes and achievement in classrooms where parents provide an authentic audience for student writing utilising information and communication technologies
title_fullStr Student attitudes and achievement in classrooms where parents provide an authentic audience for student writing utilising information and communication technologies
title_full_unstemmed Student attitudes and achievement in classrooms where parents provide an authentic audience for student writing utilising information and communication technologies
title_short Student attitudes and achievement in classrooms where parents provide an authentic audience for student writing utilising information and communication technologies
title_sort student attitudes and achievement in classrooms where parents provide an authentic audience for student writing utilising information and communication technologies
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1884