ALLAN ROBERT MOSURA (LA SALLE GREEN HILLS )
BERNADETTE MOSURA (La Salle Green Hills )

INVESTIGATING STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC WRITING CAPABILITIES USING C3 APPROACH AND METACOGNITIVE POWER-S STRATEGIES : METHODOLOGIES AND TEACHING APPROACHES

Using Concept-Content-Composition (C3) approach and Metacognitive Pre-writing-Organizing-Writing-Evaluating-Revising-Sharing (POWER-S) strategies, this action research intends to improve the teaching of academic writing among senior high school students (N=60). In academic writing, students face a learning curve that does not transfer to paper outputs. This study aims to analyze improvements of students within learning targets. The student participants were enrolled in writing and research subjects in Senior High School, Adult Night High School, and Alternative Learning System at La Salle Green Hills. A scoring rubric was used to analyze students’ written outputs, where the scores were interpreted using descriptive statistics. Focus group discussion with the students were conducted to gather their learning experiences and draw insights on the impact of the implemented approach and strategies. Thematic analysis was employed to describe the students’ academic writing capabilities in various activities during the implementation of C3 and Metacognitive POWER-S. The results of the study highlighted the evidence towards the efficacy of the new teaching approach in improving the students’ capabilities in academic writing, while implications on the wider implementation of the teaching approach are proposed.

Mr. Allan Robert T. Mosura is a senior high school research teacher in La Salle Green Hills for 8 years, and prior to that have been teaching psychology in different colleges. He has authored a general psychology, sociology, and a book in human behaviour in the workplace.

Mrs. Bernadette N. Mosura is an Academic Coordinator at La Salle Green Hills under the Alternative Education Department. She has been in the academe since 2003. Prior to her administrative post, she taught English to Junior High School and Senior High School students.