Improving Student-athletes' Writing Skills: Examining the Effects of Self-regulated Strategy Development Coupled With Modified Reciprocal Teaching
Year: 2011
Type: dissertation
Study designs: Randomized Controlled Trial, Clinical Trial
Abstract: This research considers one of a university's most academically vulnerable populations -student-athletes.The purpose of this investigation was to test the effectiveness of a multi-component writing intervention that combines two empirically validated strategies -Self-Regulated Strategy Development and a modified version of Reciprocal Teaching.This randomized control trial was conducted with 50 student-athletes enrolled in an introductory writing course.Pre-test and post-test data on the Test of Written Language IV (TOWL IV), essay grades, and post-test grades in the course were gathered.All data were analyzed using a one-way Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) using pretest scores as covariates, group assignment as the independent variable (Intervention vs. Control), and post-test scores on the TOWL IV, essay grades, and post-GPA in the course as dependent variables.This analysis will allow us to determine the effectiveness of the combined SRSD/MRT intervention on the writing skills of student-athletes.
Author: Katherine Wagner
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
Funder: University of Oregon
OpenAlex ID: W1178455251