Using Brace Map as an Instructional Tool in Teaching Summary Writing
- 1. TEMPLATE DESIGN © 2008 www.PosterPresentations.com • Brace Map visually display metacognition and illustrate to students how pertinent summary points are linked. • Students showed higher confidence level in task fulfillment & ability to paraphrase. • Findings revealed higher frequency of essential paraphrasing techniques are used by students • Paraphrasing scores improved by 17.5%. Figure 1: Instructional tool preferred by students Figure 2: Confidence level of students regarding Task Fulfillment Figure 4: Frequency of paraphrasing techniques used by students Figure 3: Confidence level of students regarding ability to paraphrase USING BRACE MAP AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL TOOL IN SUMMARY WRITING CHEONG LAI WAH KOLEJ MATRIKULASI PAHANG 1. Introduction 5. Results 3. Literature Review 6. Conclusion & Recommendation Further investigations: • Investigate how students make use of knowledge on Thinking Maps to strategize their own learning, particularly on summary writing. • Use coded criterion referencing assessment to conduct analysis of data based on Thinking Map produced by students’. 2. Objectives 4. Methodology i. To investigate whether there is a positive change in students’ confidence level after Brace Map was used as an instructional tool in summary writing ii. To examine students’ ability to paraphrase relevant points from the summary texts when Brace Map is used as the instructional tool compared to Power Point slides Improved performance Reduced mistakes cheonglw@gmail.com Seminar Penyelidikan Pendidikan Program Matrikulasi Peringkat Kebangsaan Kali Ke-8; 17-19 November 2014 Processing information Visualizing thinking process Understanding thinking process INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS Which tool is more effective in teaching SUMMARY WRITING? METACOGNITION DEVELOPMENT Animated power point slides Brace Map Hyerle, 2004 Effective learning requires “language of visual tool” to develop metacognition or understanding of the thinking process. Zohar, 2004 Effective T&L uses graphic organizers to visually display metacognition and to clarify higher order thinking skills for students and educators. Weis, 2008 Students’ average score on essay exams improved by 16.0% when the students were instructed explicitly in Thinking Maps. Long & Carlson, 2011 Thinking Maps are beneficial to students and teachers because the maps illustrate how ideas and concepts are linked. * Hotel Avillion Legacy , Melaka WEEK 1 Power point slides (ppt) WEEK 2 Brace Map Coded criterion referencing assessment Tutorial on paraphrasing with Brace Map Write summary (PYQ2) Write summary (PYQ1) Answer q/naire Answer q/naire Tutorial on paraphrasing with ppt slides Coded criterion referencing assessment Descriptive data analysis Descriptive data analysis Changes in confidence level Changes in ability to paraphrase accurately