This week I had the chance to sit down and use the whole group assessment sheets that I have made to organize all of the data collected during the writing samples assessment of dicatated sentences. The data sheet is simple, yet provides the opportunity for easily noticing holes in writing ability based on the “COPS” editing strategy (i.e. capitalization, organization, punctuation, and spelling). The data showed many trends and patterns that I would not have noticed without analysis of the data.
Trends include:
· Some students used capitalization with proper nouns but failed to capitalize letters at the beginning of sentences.
· Many students completed neglected to use capitalization and punctuation completely, yet developed strong sequence of events and details.
· Some students have mastered punctuation and capitalization with simple sentences but begin to error with sentences dictated having three or more words.
· The students exhibit strong organization and spelling skills.
Upon collecting this data, and wanting to share my trends with you online, I decided to use participant numbers rather than names on the data sheets to ensure confidentiality of the research participants.
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