Exploring the Effects of Online Dynamic Assessment on Improving Elementary Grade Four Students’ Writing Skills

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Research/Original Article (دارای رتبه معتبر)
Abstract:

Dynamic assessment, rooted in the concept of Zone of Proximal Development (Vygotsky, 1978), is an approach to mingle simultaneously teaching and assessment so as to improve the student learning in a supportive context. The available literature reveals that the effects of dynamic assessment on the development of students’ first language writing ability are under-researched. Therefore, the current study which is a quasi-experimental design (pre-test, intervention, post-test, delayed post-test) aimed at exploring the impact of online dynamic assessment on the development of elementary fourth-grade students’ writing ability. The participants included two intact fourth-grade classes which randomly selected at an elementary state school in Korram Abad City and randomly assigned as experimental and control groups. The collected data were analyzed using one-way ANCOVA. Results revealed that there was a statistically significant difference between the experimental and control groups on the immediate and delayed post-tests. In addition, the findings indicated that the experimental group outperformed the control group on the delayed post-test. Finally, in light of the theoretical foundations of Sociocultural theory, the results are discussed and a range of pedagogical implications are suggested.

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Persian
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Journal of Linguistic Studies: Theory and Practice, Volume:3 Issue: 1, 2024
Pages:
119 to 152
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