Download or read book Using Word Processors in the Classroom During Writer's Workshop to Motivate and Improve the Quality of Student Writing written by Amber Rose Swenson and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of word processing on the quality and quantity of fifth grade students' writing during structured Writer's Workshop in the classroom. A select group of students, a little more than half, used a word processor to perform the steps of Writer's Workshop while the other half of the class used paper and pencil. The teacher met individually with all 26 students three times throughout the research period to offer help and set goals. Writing samples from each student were collected three times and scored based on number of sentences, quality of content, and use of correct writing conventions. Throughout the process, the teacher expected that the students who used word processing software would improve their writing conventions and be more motivated to write, resulting in a larger quantity of writing versus the students writing on paper. All students received the same instruction, modeling, and gradual release through the Writer's Workshop lessons. The author observed that students who used the word processor did produce more writing and had made greater improvements on their writing samples.