An investigation of the relationship between writing achievement and writing strategy use by secondary school students

Other Title(s)

دراسة العلاقة بين تحصيل الطلبة في الكتابة و استعمال استراتيجيات الكتابة لدى طلبة المدارس الثانوية

Author

Matar, Qusayy Mahdi

Source

Journal of Educational and psychological Researches

Issue

Vol. 16, Issue 63 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.640-661, 22 p.

Publisher

Baghdad University Centre for Educational and Psychological Researches

Publication Date

2019-12-31

Country of Publication

Iraq

No. of Pages

22

Main Subjects

Educational Sciences

Topics

Abstract EN

Basically, this study aims to identify the extent to which Iraqi secondary school students use writing strategies and how proficiency level and students gender could affect writing strategy use.

The study also examines the relationship between writing achievement and writing strategy use among Iraqi secondary school students.

For this purpose, 140 Iraqi secondary school students were selected randomly from six different schools.

Petric and Czarl’s questionnaire (2003) was adopted in the study as an instrument to collect the needed data.

A software of SPSS used to analyze the collected data.

The findings revealed that secondary school students appeared as low users of writing strategies; low proficient students do not show a statistically significant difference compared to high proficient students, female students use more strategies compared to male students do.

The study also found a positive correlation between writing strategy use and writing achievement.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Matar, Qusayy Mahdi. 2019. An investigation of the relationship between writing achievement and writing strategy use by secondary school students. Journal of Educational and psychological Researches،Vol. 16, no. 63, pp.640-661.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-899422

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Matar, Qusayy Mahdi. An investigation of the relationship between writing achievement and writing strategy use by secondary school students. Journal of Educational and psychological Researches Vol. 16, no. 63 (2019), pp.640-661.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-899422

American Medical Association (AMA)

Matar, Qusayy Mahdi. An investigation of the relationship between writing achievement and writing strategy use by secondary school students. Journal of Educational and psychological Researches. 2019. Vol. 16, no. 63, pp.640-661.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-899422

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references : p. 656-661

Record ID

BIM-899422