Fourth Grade Primary School Students’ Critical Writing Skill Levels

Tufan Bitir,Erol Duran

doi:10.7575/aiac.ijels.v.9n.4p.189

Tufan Bitir, Erol Duran

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https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijels.v.9n.4p.189

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Abstract

In this study, it was aimed to determine the critical writing skill levels of fourth grade Primary School students. This study is a quantitative research and was designed in a scanning pattern. The study group of the research consists of 175 students attending in the fourth grade of three different Primary Schools, which were determined by the purposive sampling method, by taking into account their gender and socioeconomic status. The research data were obtained as a result of the evaluation of the critical writings written by the students in the study group with using the critical writing rubric. The obtained data were presented as descriptive statistics (frequency, min. and max. values, arithmetic mean, standard deviation) with the help of statistical program, and analyzed with independent samples t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). As a result of the research, it was determined that the students’ scores on critical writing skills were generally at a low level. In general, students are insufficient in the dimensions of planning, presenting evidence and persuading, questioning, and multidimensional thinking of critical writing; fluency and clarity and shape/form dimensions were found to be sufficient. In addition, it was determined that student achievements differed significantly according to socioeconomic level (in favor of high socioeconomic level) and gender (in favor of female students).

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The ability of individuals to be a functional member of contemporary society and to meet the demands of the twenty-first century depends on their ability to develop their literacy skills
The study group of the research consists of 175 students attending in the fourth grade of three different Primary Schools, which were determined by the purposive sampling method, by taking into account their gender and socioeconomic status
The research data were obtained as a result of the evaluation of the critical writings written by the students in the study group with using the critical writing rubric

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The ability of individuals to be a functional member of contemporary society and to meet the demands of the twenty-first century depends on their ability to develop their literacy skills. In order for individuals to develop their literacy skills, they need to have good reading and writing skills. 971) states that writing requires a high-level skill and it is the language skill that includes all learning areas and is acquired in last period of learning a language. He emphasizes that writing is built on all learning areas and this situation puts the writing skill into an intricate structure and states that intricate structure makes this skill most difficult learning area in terms of producing a qualified product

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