Effect of Scaffolding on English Essay Writing Skill of Secondary Students, in Rural Islamabad
Keywords:
Scaffolding, English Essay Writing, Secondary Students, Rural Islamabad, Writing SkillsAbstract
The comparative and investigative research based study was carried out in finding out effect of scaffolding on English essay writing of class-X students, from two high schools (a) Adnan Arshad Shaheed Model Higher Secondary School (AASMHSSB) Bhara Kahu for Boys and (b) F.G Girls Model Higher Secondary School (FGGMHSS) Kot Hathiyal, Bhara Kahu in Rural Islamabad, involving 60 students (30 each from the two school).A pre-test was given to write an essay of one page (70-100 words) and scoring was done. Scaffolding instructions were provided, based on validated lessons, for 06 weeks followed by a post-test, given to compare the scores earlier the piloting was done, successfully. The “t” test was applied and data was analyzed. The students involved, were quite encouraged for such instructions with positive effect on the improvement of vocabulary and spellings. The statistical evidence proved to be implemented in befitting way and resulted in significantly positive manner. It was concluded that scaffolding instructions significantly improved the English writing of Class X students with 5 successive lessons weekly, involving mediocre number (60) across gender for better evaluation. The major findings of the study were that the girl students score more than boys students when found out the effect of scaffolding, on essay writing skill of class 10 students, across gender. The mean scores were -9.300 of males and -10.367 of females. The t value was -21.802 of males and -17.988 was of females. Significant difference was found between the male and female students in essay writing taught through scaffolding when subjected to Paired sample t test. It was also revealed that the female students performed better than male students in the post tests. Similarly, there was a significant difference between male and female student’s performance. It was recommended that such scaffolding instructions be made practicable and implemented, in secondary schools of the country and elsewhere with additional parameters, in class IX and X, across gender.
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