Which comments actually motivate students to change their
writing? How and why?
Codes: In each of these data sets I noticed that the
teachers’ comments really focus on what the students need to improve. They
explain in depth what they lack and it would be up to them to improve their
writings or not. Certain comments may
discourage students to really misinterpret what the teacher is trying to say.
Many students cannot take constructive criticism and leave their work as it is
because they are afraid of what the teacher is going to find wrong instead of
focusing on what they can actually improve.
Categories: These groups of codes really relate to the
language that is used in order to get the point across. In order to motivate
students in improving their writing teachers have to use language that makes
them understand that re-writing would only make their writing better instead of
worse.
Pattern: As for the
patterns that I notice which were based on the way the comments were written.
The teacher would mention what they did right and then explain to them why the
structure, organization, and so on were in the wrong format.
From personal experience the way teachers would write
certain comments would influence me in improving my work. Because of the language that they used, I
would see their criticism as a way that I could re-write and make my writing
better. They actually influenced me in seeing how improving my writing can make
me write fluently. Teacher comments can be the difference between learning how
to improve your writing or settling for what you know. Their comments were able
to expand the way I write because their criticism offered me different
structures and details in which I could improve the organization of my
writing.
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