Title :
Applying Media Richness Theory to Essay Writing Instruction - A Case of an Elementary School
Author :
Shyi Huey Wu ; Bor Jiunn Hwang ; Ya Ping Fan ; Ching Hui Chen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Food & Beverage, Vanung Univ., Taoyuan, Taiwan
Abstract :
Essay standards are generally determined by teachers´ subjective opinions. The tacit knowledge requires choosing correct type of communication media and picking a suitable knowledge transfer mechanism. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to reduce the subjectively in feedback to student essays. The quasi-experimental method is used. The result shows that teaching strategies in writing can enhance student´s learning outcomes. With the strategy of information feedback, writing effectiveness is more significant.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; educational institutions; feedback; linguistics; teaching; communication media; elementary school; essay standards; essay writing instruction; information feedback; knowledge transfer mechanism; media richness theory; quasiexperimental method; student learning outcomes; teacher subjective opinions; teaching strategies; writing effectiveness; Analysis of variance; Computers; Educational institutions; Electronic mail; Media; Writing; information feedback; media richness theory; quasi-experimental method; tacit knowledge;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Information Hiding and Multimedia Signal Processing (IIH-MSP), 2014 Tenth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kitakyushu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-5389-9
DOI :
10.1109/IIH-MSP.2014.99
