Grade Nine Students' Proficiency in Guided Writing

Abstract

The present study entitled Grade Nine Students’ Proficiency in Guided Writing aimed at finding out the grade nine students’ proficiency in guided writing and comparing their writing proficiency in terms of private vs government aided school students, and boys vs girls. The populations of this study were grade nine students of Tulsipur Municipality of Dang district consisting of 30 students. The sampled students were selected from two schools viz Tridev English Boarding School, Tulsipur-3 Shreegain, Dang and Shree Guru Jajur Higher Secondary School in Rakshyachaur-2, Tulsipur, Dang District using purposive non-random sampling procedure and the students were selected using judgmental sampling procedure. The study used test items as tool for data collection. The collected data were analyzed using both qualitative and quantitative techniques. The findings of the study showed that most of the students were well proficient in guided writing because their aggregate obtained above the average (i.e. pass) marks. Similarly, in term of school-wise comparison private school students were more proficient than government aided schools. In the same way, in term of gender-wise comparison, boys were more proficient than the girls. The study consists of five chapters. The first chapter deals with the background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definitions of the key terms. The second chapter consists of review of both theoretical and empirical literature with their implications and conceptual framework. Similarly, the third chapter deals with methodology containing design of the study, population, sample and sampling strategy, research tools, sources of data, data collection procedures, data analysis and interpretation procedures, and ethical considerations. The fourth chapter includes analysis of data and interpretation of the results. The fifth chapter is focused to findings, conclusion and recommendations. References and appendices have also been attached at the end.