Online MS-Word, Instructional Video for Helping Students Turn-on and Use Immediate Writing Feedback: A Longitudinal Study of Developmental Writing Progress and Self-Efficacy

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dc.contributor.advisorAcee, Taylor W.
dc.contributor.authorBarry, William J.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBalzhiser, Deborah
dc.contributor.committeeMemberPaulson, Eric J.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberPrice, Larry R.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSummers, Emily J.
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-02T19:53:29Z
dc.date.available2020-06-02T19:53:29Z
dc.date.issued2018-05
dc.description.abstractGiven the percentages of first-year college students whom the system assesses as not college ready in writing, the current study looked to design and evaluate an intervention consisting of a brief online video intervention, which offered developmental writing students Microsoft Word (MS-Word) training on how to use non-default grammar and style feedback settings. Following anecdotal action research and pilot study data suggesting that similar in-class training improved first-year students’ writing outcomes, the current study looked to influence developmental course outcomes as well as next semester enrollment and progress in writing-intensive (WI) courses, while measuring changes in writing self-efficacy (WSE). Participants (N=35) were developmental writing students ages 18-42 at a large multi-campus community college in Texas. Participants took a pre-intervention WSE survey and watched one of two brief (90 seconds) online video trainings, MS-Word (experimental), or a similarly formatted online video training for Google Scholar (comparison). Results suggested MS-Word training increased WSE, improved developmental writing course progress, and improved next semester enrollment and progress in WI courses. The scalability of online interventions such as the one studied here, and the observed changes in WSE, make a compelling case for large-scale replication.
dc.description.departmentCurriculum and Instruction
dc.formatText
dc.format.extent104 pages
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dc.identifier.citationBarry, W. J. (2018). <i>Online MS-Word, instructional video for helping students turn-on and use immediate writing feedback: A longitudinal study of developmental writing progress and self-efficacy</i> (Unpublished dissertation). Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/10889
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectSelf-efficacy
dc.subjectDevelopmental education
dc.subjectDevelopmental writing
dc.subjectWriting self-efficacy
dc.subjectTechnology
dc.subjectWord processor
dc.titleOnline MS-Word, Instructional Video for Helping Students Turn-on and Use Immediate Writing Feedback: A Longitudinal Study of Developmental Writing Progress and Self-Efficacy
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.departmentCurriculum and Instruction
thesis.degree.disciplineDevelopmental Education
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy

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