[[alternative]]The Effect of『Thinking Composition Program』on Writing Ability,Metacognition,Critical Thinking and Creative Thinking of Junior High School Students

[[abstract]]The purpose of this study were :1) to design a 「Thinking Composition Program ﹁ which was suitable for junior high school students; 2) to investigate the effect of the program of junior high school students on writing ability, metacognition ,critical thinking and creative thinking; 3) to understand the effect of the program of the students who were in different writing ablilty level on metacognition,critical thinking and creative thinking ;4)to analysis the writing process of junior high school students. The subjects of this study were selected from Taipei Fang-Ho junior high school. There were twenty-six students in the experimental group and twenty-five students in the control group. Four instruments used to collect the data of the subjects were "Writing Ability Scale," "Writing Metacognition Scale," "Critical Thinking Questionnaire," "Creative Thinking Questionnaire". The data obtained were analyzed by one -way ANCOVA . The researcher use "Thinking Aloud" to analyze the writing process. The major findings were as follows: 1. After teaching the thinking composition program, the students in the experimental group made significant improvements in writing ability, critical thinking ability and creative thinking ability. 2. The thinking composition program helped students in the experimental group on ideas and structure, but no significant on rhetorical. 3. There is no different between experimental group and control group on Writing Metacognition Scale. 4. The students in the experimental group got higher score than students in the control group on Critical Thinking Scale. 5. The students in the experimental group got higher score than students in the control group on Creative Thinking Scale. 6. The students could make plan before writing, review article while writing, revise article after writing, get ideas, use critical thinking and creative thinking, understand how to improve writing skill. Considering the major findings, suggestions for teaching composition in junior high school and future research were given.