Project
Our project „Komm Schreib! Kooperativ, kompetent, motiviert Schreiben“ focuses on third and fourth grader writing skills, writing motivation, and social participation in the classroom. We aim to promote these three aspects with an intervention developed together with teachers that takes into consideration the gamut of different learners, especially paying heed to learners with multilingual backgrounds.
The project includes
* professional development for teachers,
* language arts materials for third and fourth graders,
* professional guidance and support throughout the project,
* feedback reports and
* an afterschool program with tablets financed by the BMBF and carried out by us.
Target group
Our project is open for teachers of all subject areas. The intervention is aimed at students in grades 3 and 4.
Why is participation worthwhile?
Writing competence, writing motivation, and social participation in the classroom are brought together in this project because of their impact on school success and greater societal participation. We focus on third and fourth graders because this is an important time in a learner’s educational journey in Germany, after which students are sorted into a variety of different types of secondary schools. Teachers who participate in our project will take part in a professional development seminar in which they will become privy to research on writing, feedback, and social participation. During the seminar, teachers will also receive intervention materials and methods developed to promote writing competence, writing motivation, and social participation for flexible use in the classroom. After the classroom intervention is completed, teachers will receive feedback reports containing the results of the project.
Additionally, participating schools will be offered an afterschool program financed by the BMBF and designed and implemented by WWU staff and students. The afterschool program will focus on creative activities that will give primary school students extra writing practice with the help of tablets provided by BMBF.
Participation procedure/project timeline
The participation of each class in our project differs depending on the grade level and the random assignment to school groups A & B. Below are the different options:
3rd graders 2023/2024 and 4th graders 2023/2024
Third and fourth graders in the 2023/2024 school year will participate in a classroom intervention lasting approximately six months. Data will be collected from this group of participants three times throughout the school year. Teachers will complete short questionnaires after the intervention.
2nd graders 2023/2024
Second graders in the 2023/2024 school year will participate in the project as third graders in the 2024/2025 school year. They will receive an intervention in the 2024/2025 school year lasting approximately six months. Data will be collected from this group of participants three times throughout the school year. Teachers will complete short questionnaires after the intervention.
3rd graders 2023/2024
Third graders in the 2023/2024 school year will participate in our project starting in the 2023/2024 year up until the summer break in 2025. During this period, data will be collected in the classes at 6 measurement points (three times per school year). In the 2024/2025 school year, this group will additionally receive a classroom intervention lasting approximately six months. Teachers will complete short questionnaires after the intervention.
4th graders 2023/2024
The fourth graders in the school year 2023/2024 will participate in our project for the 2023/2024 school year until the summer break of 2024, serving as a control group. Data will be collected in the classes three times.
Data protection
The data of the participating students, teachers, and schools are completely anonymized and cannot be traced.
If you are interested in participating or have further questions, please feel free to contact us.