The Effects of Creative Writing Activities Made With Web 2.0 Tools on the Writing Attitude and Creative Writing Skills of Grade 4 Students

Abstract

The use of Web 2.0 tools, which have been developed based on the point the technology has reached today, in creative writing studies is gaining importance. In this study, it was aimed to determine the effect of writing activities using web 2.0 (Voki, Storybird, Little Bird, Story Book) tools on fourth grade students' writing attitudes and writing skills. In line with the research problems, quantitative research methods, pre-test and post-test, single-group quasi-experimental design were used in the research. The sample of the research consists of 28 students studying in the 4th grade in the district of Askale in Erzurum province in the 2019-2020 academic year. The sample group was formed by purposeful sampling method. The Attitude Towards Writing Scale (YAYTO, 2009) and the Evaluation Criteria Form (YIDOF, 2011) were used as data collection tools by Susar Kirmizi (2009), which aims to determine the attitudes of 4th and 5th grade students towards writing. According to the pre-test and post-test t-test results of the data collected in the research, it was determined that the creative writing activities using the web 2 tools positively affected the writing attitudes of 4th grade students (p> 0.05). In creative writing skills of the students, it was found that the mean of creative writing pre-test scores was 51.96, the mean of post-test scores was 72.28, and according to the results of the T-test, the pre-test and post-test scores differ significantly from each other (t27 = -7.46 and p <0,05). As a result, it has been revealed that activities performed with web 2.0 tools positively affect the writing attitudes and creative writing skills of 4th grade students.

Keywords: Web 2.0 tools, creative writing, writing attitude

DOI: 10.7176/JSTR/7-04-02