Title :
Learning Writing by Reading in Web-Based Classroom
Author :
Zhong Sun ; Minhu Wu ; Yuhui Ma
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Inf. Eng., Capital Normal Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
This study aims to design objective-focused fast extensive reading (OFFER) to meet online writing needs for elementary students in web-based classroom. One fifth-grade class was selected from an elementary school in China for participation in this study. They averaged homogeneously into three groups by pretest score and followed three steps writing model in web-based classroom. Statistic analytical results indicated that there were significant differences on the quality of online writing with and without OFFER.
Keywords :
Internet; computer aided instruction; China; Web based classroom; elementary school; elementary students; fifth grade class; objective focused fast extensive reading; online writing needs; 1:1 digital learning; Web-based classroom; extensive reading; ilearning; writing online;
Conference_Titel :
Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology (WI-IAT), 2012 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conferences on
Conference_Location :
Macau
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6057-9
DOI :
10.1109/WI-IAT.2012.77