Using the “CARD” Response Technique to Assist Middle School Students in the Revision Process

Authors

Katherine E. Batchelor, Miami University - OxfordFollow

Keywords

revision, self-response, peer-response, middle school students, writing, strategies, attitudes and perceptions, student-led, student-centered

Abstract

Although revision is essential to the writing process, it is often neglected in schools. However, when revision is taught successfully, through reflection, conferencing, positive teacher feedback, specific instruction linked to reading strategies, and time between drafts in order for students to think about their writing (including the expectation of multiple drafts), students not only revise more, but at a deeper level. This study investigates how middle school students’ writing drafts as well as attitudes and beliefs toward revision changed based on introducing a specific revision strategy called the CARD response technique, which is both a self-response and peer-response strategy. CARD stands for the ways in which revision might occur in writing via holistic categories, such as change, add, rearrange, and delete. Research questions included the following: 1) How does middle school students’ writing change based on the revision technique, CARD?; and 2) in what ways, if any, does the CARD response technique enhance middle school students’ thinking about revision, specifically, regarding their attitudes and perceptions of revision? It adds to the literature a way to understand students’ perceptions and beliefs toward revision, in general, and a way to encourage revision via student-led decisions in their writing.

Recommended Citation

Batchelor, Katherine E. (2022) "Using the “CARD” Response Technique to Assist Middle School Students in the Revision Process," Journal of Response to Writing: Vol. 8: Iss. 1, Article 3.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/journalrw/vol8/iss1/3