The impacts of feedback on students writing skill and motivation – In case of Grade 7 students
Abstract
This study examined the impact of feedback on students writing skill and motivation. It is a quasi-experimental research and has four groups (three experimental and one control) of students. The study conducted in 2016 E.C. at Haik no.1 primary school and the subjects are 144 grade 7 students. The school and the grade level were selected by simple random sampling and students were assigned in one of the four groups randomly. Pre - post essay writing test and motivation measuring questionnaire were administered to gather the study data. Before the intervention both the experimental and the control groups have taken pre writing test and motivation questionnaire. As a result, there no significance difference among the groups in their writing skill and motivational level. Then all groups practiced the same writing activities for 10 weeks. The only difference among the group during the writing activities is that group one receive written feedback ; group two receive oral feedback , group three revive peer feedback, whereas group four receive no feedback for their essay. Finally, all groups took post writing essay test and motivation questionnaire at the same time. The first question is that does feedback (written, oral and peer) has an effect on student writing skill?. The date analyzed by using one way anova. The result show that feedback has an effect on students writing skills (F,(3,140)=13.9, p=.000 ). Tukey post hock show that both Oral feedback (m= 32.75, sd= 5.9), and written feedback (m=30.35, sd=6.4) have positive significance effect on students writing skill, While peer feedback has no effect on students writing skill. The second question is that does feedback (written, oral and peer) has an effect on students’ motivation?. The analysis show that feedback has an effect (F(3,140) =8.0,p=.000) on students writing motivation. Written feedback (m= 70.4, sd=10.5) and oral feedback (69.8, sd=10.4) have significantly positive impact on students writing motivation, whereas peer feedback has no any effect on writing motivation. Therefore in order to improve students writing skill and motivation, teachers should give constructive written and oral feedback for their students’ essay.
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