2. Struggles with Conventions & Meaning
Reading deficiencies:
• Poor readers are generally
poor writers.
• Lack of familiarity with written
page.
Writing deficiencies:
• Meaning is not a priority
• Sentence structure =
confusion
Transfer:
• Work with “grammar” or
conventions rarely results in
improved written work.
4. WHAT IS DISCOVERY?
• Proven in other disciplines
• Uses data analysis for teaching/learning
• High cognition
• Developing own understanding increases transfer
• Improves collaboration skills
5. LEVELS OF DISCOVERY
STRUCTURED
Highly structured
Lots of instructor guidance
SUPPORTED
Moderately structured
Some instructor guidance
INDEPENDENT
Very little structure
Little or no instructor guidance
6. ACTIVITY
With the person or people next to you, discuss what writing
concepts or skills you want your students to develop that
might benefit from a discovery learning activity. How might
you craft a discovery activity for your students? What might it
look like?
7. Struggles with Group Work
Lack of Preparation
Reliance on Other Students
Inability to Work Cooperatively
8. STUDY RESULTS
Students who learned about
how to avoid and edit for
run-on sentences through
discovery were better able
to do so than those who
learned without discovery.
No Use
0% Run-ons
Mild Use
1-5% Run-
ons
Moderate Use
6-20% Run-
ons
Heavy Use
21+% Run-
ons
Group A
(no discovery
learning
activities)
15/37 =
40.5%
9/37 =
24.3%
9/37 =
24.3%
4/37 =
10.8%
Group B
(discovery
learning: run-
on sentences)
17/37 =
45.9%
9/37 =
24.3%
9/37 =
24.3%
2/37 = 5.4%
9. Results Within First 145 Words
None One Two Three Four
Group A
(No discovery
learning
activities)
4/22 = 18% 11/22 = 50% 4/22 = 18% 2/22 = 9% 1/22 = 5%
4 Mild 5 Mild
4 Moderate
2 Heavy
3 Moderate
1 Heavy
1 Moderate
1 Heavy
1 Moderate
Group B
(Discovery
learning: run-on
sentences)
10/21 = 48% 7/21 = 33% 2/21 = 9.5% 2/21 = 9.5% 0/21 = 0%
9 Mild
1 Moderate
6 Moderate 2 Moderate 2 Heavy None
10. Results Within First 145 Words – Moderate Run-On Users
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
0 Run-on Sentences
1 Run-on Sentence
2 Run-on Sentences
3 Run-on Sentences
4 Run-on Sentences
Group A - 9 Students
Group B - 9 Students
