Does a collaborative workshop learning model improve academic writing skills

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to reveal the effectiveness of collaborative workshop learning models in order to foster students' ability to write academic papers. Implementing an appropriate learning model is needed to improve students' writing skills because writing may reflect the writer’s knowledge and there are many other factors that determine the success of achieving good academic writing skills. This classroom action research recruited 25 undergraduate students as participants in this study. Data were collected by observing student-learning activities, while tests were conducted to measure students' ability in writing academic papers. Descriptive, comparative, and Kirkpatrick's evaluation model analysis were conducted to analyze student learning activities and the progress of their scientific paper writing skills. The result shows that the collaborative workshop learning models can improve students' ability to write academic papers with significant difference between the average skills before learning and after implementing collaborative workshops learning and effectiveness Level of collaborative writing workshops is high.