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Online Discussion Boards Foster Critical Views In Students' Research Writing

McGuinness, Andrea Lynn
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1311267109

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2011, Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Dayton, English.
Technology is becoming an essential tool in everyday lifestyles. Daily tasks are now utilizing phones, computers, televisions, and game systems for social interaction,individual achievement or entertainment, and education. School systems are integrating more technology in classrooms and instruction to meet the demands of an expanding digital society. Twenty-three eighth grade students participated in the study, which observed how blogs can foster audience awareness and revision during students’ research paper writing process. While conducting peer conferencing on research papers, students’blog posts were observed and analyzed. According to the questionnaires and blog comment analysis, students preferred peer conferencing through blogs. In a comparison of the face-to-face conferencing groups to the blog groups, blog responses had greater detail, resulting in constant dialogue and sustained problem-solving rhetorical solutions in students’ peer comments. From the twenty-three participants, two case studies were developed from two students who have different learning levels, but benefited academically through the blog. The two case studies demonstrated that students attained success as writers, readers, and motivators for others through the blog. This suggests that the online discussion boards can be a useful tool for the classroom instruction of research writing.
Margaret M. Strain, PhD (Advisor)
Jennifer E. Haan, PhD (Committee Member)
Bryan A. Bardine, PhD (Committee Member)
Sheila Hassell Hughes, PhD (Committee Chair)
55 p.
Composition; Education; Educational Technology; Technology
Technology; Research Writing; Writing Processes; Blogs; Technology and Classroom Instruction

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  • McGuinness, A. L. (2011). Online Discussion Boards Foster Critical Views In Students' Research Writing [Master's thesis, University of Dayton]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1311267109

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McGuinness, Andrea. Online Discussion Boards Foster Critical Views In Students' Research Writing. 2011. University of Dayton, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1311267109.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McGuinness, Andrea. "Online Discussion Boards Foster Critical Views In Students' Research Writing." Master's thesis, University of Dayton, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1311267109

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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