A case study of students and teachers' perceptions of the use of a higher order thingking skills module for teaching writing to weak ESL learners
The aim of this study was to investigate the higher order thinking skills (HOTS)strategies used by the ESL teachers to teach writing using the module developed.Analysis of ESL students performance was carried out after using the module. This study alsoanalysed the teachers and students perception of...
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| Format: | thesis |
| Language: | eng |
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2019
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| Online Access: | https://ir.upsi.edu.my/detailsg.php?det=6752 |
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| Summary: | The aim of this study was to investigate the higher order thinking skills (HOTS)strategies used by the ESL teachers to teach writing using the module developed.Analysis of ESL students performance was carried out after using the module. This study alsoanalysed the teachers and students perception of using the HOTS module developed for teachingwriting to weak learners in selected national schools in Malaysia. The HOTS module wasdeveloped based on Blooms Taxonomy focusing on cognitive as the main domain of learning. Theactivities in the module were developed based on the themes stipulated in the Englishlanguage curriculum. A qualitative approach with a case study design was used for this study.Two ESL teachers from Kedah and Johor were chosen using snowball sampling method as studiedsubjects. Classroom observations, semi-structured interviews for ESL teachers, focused groupinterview for ESL students and document analysis were used to collect data. Thematic analysis wasused to analyse the classroom observations and interviews. Classrooms observations were made toinvestigate the teachers strategies to incorporate higher order thinking skills usingthe module developed to teach writing. Teachers and students interviews were carried out toascertain their response towards the strategies and use of the higher order thinking skillsmodule to teach writing. The findings revealed that the mean score for the students in Kedahincreased from 3.63 to 6.94 and for students in Johor it increased from 10.0 to 16.9after using the HOTS module developed. The analyses of the interviews showed that the teacherspreferred using the module as they were able to integrate the higher order thinking skillsstrategies to teach writing. Students expressed that their writing improved after they were exposedto the higher order thinking skills strategies and module used by their teachers. Thepedagogical implications for this study is adopting higher order thinking strategies in the formof writing module in the ESL classrooms for teaching and learning ispracticable |
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