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The purpose of this research was to develop the application of Six-Thinking Hats in Writing Instruction (STHWI) for enhancing 6th graders’ writing performances. The researcher’s reflection and professional development were also documented. The action research approach was adopted, and there were 27 grade 6 students were participating in the study. The STHWI was composed of four units processed within twelve lessons. A writing performance rating scales was developed to obtain quantitative data for analysis. The qualitative data were also collected and analyzed, including class observation records, researcher’s reflection notes, students’ assessment and feedback sheets. The research findings were as follows: 1.The application of STHWI (1) The opposite view of Thinking Hats makes students be familiar with the use of Thinking Hats. Through providing writing topics associated with students’ life, students get to use six different ways to conceive the theme of writing. (2) In the teaching process, the interaction between teacher and students or peers helps students to conceive the theme of writing. 2. The result and influences of STHWI (1) Students' writing has progressed in the performance of content ideas, and the performance of structure organization is slightly improved. Overall, the performance of students' writing has improved, and the performance gap among students in the class to is narrowed. (2) Six-Thinking Hats helps students to practice categorizing thinking, which provide students with a way to think about writing contents. 3. The researcher’s reflection and professional development (1) Through further understanding Six-Thinking Hats and writing instruction and thinking about how to combine them, researcher’s knowledge of writing instruction is enhanced. (2) To advance the guidance of researcher in writing instruction and increase the reviews of writing assessment, colleagues for class observation and writing assessment were invited. (3) Explore students’ learning process by understanding students’ requirement for conception and time in writing would help enhance students’ writing performance. The results of the research and the suggestions for teachers and research in the future were discussed.
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