Congratulations Andrew - your study is timely and sound very interesting.
Thank you for sharing.
Regards,
nathi
On Mon, 17 Jul 2023, 19:33 Jane Waite, <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Andrew, that is great news, Are you planning on submitting an abstract
for discussion about feedback to LCT5?
I have just done a small study using semantic density and gravity to
profile written answer feedback for computer science MCQ questions. Would
you be interested in doing a joint submission over computer science and
literacy teaching?
Cheers
Jane
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On Sun, 16 Jul 2023 at 22:50, Andrew Scott <agscott74@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear Colleagues,
I’d like to share the news that I have successfully been awarded my PhD
thesis by Lancaster University in the UK. I investigated teachers’ feedback
practices on learner writing. LCT’s Semantics proved invaluable because it
gave me a way of understanding my complex classroom data. I took the
analysis further by using David Rose’s model of pedagogic register.
The study draws four main conclusions. Firstly, understanding what’s
happening in the classroom is dependent on a careful consideration of the
various agents involved in the curriculum and to what extent their purposes
align. Secondly, I found that teachers use feedback to meet both course
objectives and learners’ needs, often two quite different goals. Thirdly, I
identified semiotic resources used by teachers when giving feedback and I
examined how these link to teaching choices.
Finally, I suggest how to move beyond the current limits of the written
corrective feedback debate, and the limitations of cause-and-effect studies
that attempt to identify the most effective forms of feedback. I propose a
model that conceptualizes feedback as a pedagogic tool used dynamically by
experienced teachers to move between interpretation and evaluation, from
sense making to meaning making, in classroom activities.
Please find an abstract attached. Here’s the reference with a link to the
thesis:
Scott, A. (2023) *Processes and patterns of classroom life: the dynamics
of exchanging knowledge and values between teachers and learners in English
language writing classrooms* [Doctoral dissertation, Lancaster
University]. Lancaster University Research Directory.
*https://doi.org/10.17635/lancaster/thesis/1919
<https://doi.org/10.17635/lancaster/thesis/1919>*
Kind regards,
Andrew
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Andrew G Scott
