The Role of Collaborative Work in the Development of Elementary Students’ Writing Skills
<div>In this article we report the findings of a two-phase action research study focused on the role of collaborative <span style="font-size: 10px;">work in the development of elementary students’ writing skills at a Colombian school. This was </span><span style="...
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| author | Yate González Yuly Yinneth Saenz Luis Fernando Bermeo Johanna Alejandra Castañeda Chaves Andrés Fernando |
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| description | <div>In this article we report the findings of a two-phase action research study focused on the role of collaborative <span style="font-size: 10px;">work in the development of elementary students’ writing skills at a Colombian school. This was </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">decided after having identified the students’ difficulties in the English classes related to word transfer, </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">literal translation, weak connection of ideas and no paragraph structure when communicating their</span></div><div>ideas. In the first phase teachers observed, collected, read and analyzed students’ written productions <span style="font-size: 10px;">without intervention. In the second one, teachers read about and implemented strategies based on </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">collaborative work, collected information, analyzed students’ productions and field notes in order to </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">finally identify new issues, create and develop strategies to overcome students’ difficulties. Findings </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">show students’ roles and reactions as well as task completion and language construction when motivated</span></div><div>to work collaboratively.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Presentamos los resultados de una investigación-acción llevada a cabo en dos fases, centrada en el <span style="font-size: 10px;">papel del trabajo colaborativo en el desarrollo de habilidades de escritura de estudiantes de primaria </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">en una escuela colombiana. El estudio se realizó tras haber identificado las dificultades de los alumnos </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">en las clases de inglés relacionadas con la transferencia de palabras, la traducción literal, la débil</span></div><div>conexión de las ideas y la falta de estructura del párrafo al comunicar sus ideas. En la primera fase <span style="font-size: 10px;">los docentes observaron, recogieron, leyeron y analizaron las producciones escritas de los alumnos </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">sin realizar ninguna intervención pedagógica. En la segunda, los profesores leyeron sobre estrategias </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">de trabajo colaborativo y las implementaron; recopilaron información, analizaron las producciones </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">textuales de los estudiantes y las notas de campo tomadas para identificar nuevos problemas, crear</span></div><div>y desarrollar estrategias que ayudaran a los estudiantes a superar sus dificultades. Los hallazgos <span style="font-size: 10px;">muestran cómo reaccionaron los estudiantes ante el trabajo colaborativo, y asimismo la forma como </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">realizan tareas y construyen su lenguaje cuando están motivados a trabajar de esta manera.</span></div></div> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4fa603910211483c94b85154b379eab42023-09-02T18:07:08ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaProfile Issues in Teachers' Professional Development1657-07902013-04-011511125The Role of Collaborative Work in the Development of Elementary Students’ Writing SkillsYate González Yuly YinnethSaenz Luis FernandoBermeo Johanna AlejandraCastañeda Chaves Andrés Fernando<div>In this article we report the findings of a two-phase action research study focused on the role of collaborative <span style="font-size: 10px;">work in the development of elementary students’ writing skills at a Colombian school. This was </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">decided after having identified the students’ difficulties in the English classes related to word transfer, </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">literal translation, weak connection of ideas and no paragraph structure when communicating their</span></div><div>ideas. In the first phase teachers observed, collected, read and analyzed students’ written productions <span style="font-size: 10px;">without intervention. In the second one, teachers read about and implemented strategies based on </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">collaborative work, collected information, analyzed students’ productions and field notes in order to </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">finally identify new issues, create and develop strategies to overcome students’ difficulties. Findings </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">show students’ roles and reactions as well as task completion and language construction when motivated</span></div><div>to work collaboratively.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Presentamos los resultados de una investigación-acción llevada a cabo en dos fases, centrada en el <span style="font-size: 10px;">papel del trabajo colaborativo en el desarrollo de habilidades de escritura de estudiantes de primaria </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">en una escuela colombiana. El estudio se realizó tras haber identificado las dificultades de los alumnos </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">en las clases de inglés relacionadas con la transferencia de palabras, la traducción literal, la débil</span></div><div>conexión de las ideas y la falta de estructura del párrafo al comunicar sus ideas. En la primera fase <span style="font-size: 10px;">los docentes observaron, recogieron, leyeron y analizaron las producciones escritas de los alumnos </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">sin realizar ninguna intervención pedagógica. En la segunda, los profesores leyeron sobre estrategias </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">de trabajo colaborativo y las implementaron; recopilaron información, analizaron las producciones </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">textuales de los estudiantes y las notas de campo tomadas para identificar nuevos problemas, crear</span></div><div>y desarrollar estrategias que ayudaran a los estudiantes a superar sus dificultades. Los hallazgos <span style="font-size: 10px;">muestran cómo reaccionaron los estudiantes ante el trabajo colaborativo, y asimismo la forma como </span><span style="font-size: 10px;">realizan tareas y construyen su lenguaje cuando están motivados a trabajar de esta manera.</span></div></div>http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/37858Collaborative learning, writing in elementary school, writing process. |
| spellingShingle | Yate González Yuly Yinneth Saenz Luis Fernando Bermeo Johanna Alejandra Castañeda Chaves Andrés Fernando The Role of Collaborative Work in the Development of Elementary Students’ Writing Skills Profile Issues in Teachers' Professional Development Collaborative learning, writing in elementary school, writing process. |
| title | The Role of Collaborative Work in the Development of Elementary Students’ Writing Skills |
| title_full | The Role of Collaborative Work in the Development of Elementary Students’ Writing Skills |
| title_fullStr | The Role of Collaborative Work in the Development of Elementary Students’ Writing Skills |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Collaborative Work in the Development of Elementary Students’ Writing Skills |
| title_short | The Role of Collaborative Work in the Development of Elementary Students’ Writing Skills |
| title_sort | role of collaborative work in the development of elementary students writing skills |
| topic | Collaborative learning, writing in elementary school, writing process. |
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