Research Article

The Role of Writing-to-Learn Method in Teaching About Natural Disasters and Environmental Issues: A Mixed Methods Study

Volume: 6 Number: 2 December 31, 2022
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The Role of Writing-to-Learn Method in Teaching About Natural Disasters and Environmental Issues: A Mixed Methods Study

Abstract

This study aims to examine the impact of writing-to-learn approach on teaching about natural disasters and environmental issues contained in the Social Studies course, by adopting a mixed methods research approach. It includes a total of 51 fifth graders for whom various writing-to-learn activities (i.e. writing interviews, poetry, diaries, letters, columns, and newspaper articles) were used during a Social Studies course to provide opportunities for both cognitive and affective learning. The activities were evaluated in the process to give the students necessary feedback. Research data were collected through an academic achievement test, a self-evaluation form, a semi-structured interview form, and a structured classroom observation form. Qualitative data were analysed by content analysis and quantitative data by descriptive and predictive statistics. The results revealed a statistical significance in favour of the experimental group students who were instructed through writing-to-learn activities regarding natural disasters and environmental issues. It appeared that writing-to-learn activities included in the learning process acted as a lever for students while learning, and eased their learning load. The source of the cognitive and affective difference seems to have resulted from such factors as thinking over the subject learned during writing-to-learn activities, transferring what one thinks to the interlocutor by using specific expressions unique to social studies, making mental efforts to transform the information into a different form, being aware of one’s own learning level and making up for the lack of knowledge through feedback. Social studies educat.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Other Fields of Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 31, 2022

Submission Date

July 29, 2022

Acceptance Date

December 22, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 6 Number: 2

APA
Kayaalp, F. (2022). The Role of Writing-to-Learn Method in Teaching About Natural Disasters and Environmental Issues: A Mixed Methods Study. Türk Akademik Yayınlar Dergisi (TAY Journal), 6(2), 346-381. https://izlik.org/JA79BS99UA
AMA
1.Kayaalp F. The Role of Writing-to-Learn Method in Teaching About Natural Disasters and Environmental Issues: A Mixed Methods Study. Türk Akademik Yayınlar Dergisi (TAY Journal). 2022;6(2):346-381. https://izlik.org/JA79BS99UA
Chicago
Kayaalp, Fatih. 2022. “The Role of Writing-to-Learn Method in Teaching About Natural Disasters and Environmental Issues: A Mixed Methods Study”. Türk Akademik Yayınlar Dergisi (TAY Journal) 6 (2): 346-81. https://izlik.org/JA79BS99UA.
EndNote
Kayaalp F (December 1, 2022) The Role of Writing-to-Learn Method in Teaching About Natural Disasters and Environmental Issues: A Mixed Methods Study. Türk Akademik Yayınlar Dergisi (TAY Journal) 6 2 346–381.
IEEE
[1]F. Kayaalp, “The Role of Writing-to-Learn Method in Teaching About Natural Disasters and Environmental Issues: A Mixed Methods Study”, Türk Akademik Yayınlar Dergisi (TAY Journal), vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 346–381, Dec. 2022, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA79BS99UA
ISNAD
Kayaalp, Fatih. “The Role of Writing-to-Learn Method in Teaching About Natural Disasters and Environmental Issues: A Mixed Methods Study”. Türk Akademik Yayınlar Dergisi (TAY Journal) 6/2 (December 1, 2022): 346-381. https://izlik.org/JA79BS99UA.
JAMA
1.Kayaalp F. The Role of Writing-to-Learn Method in Teaching About Natural Disasters and Environmental Issues: A Mixed Methods Study. Türk Akademik Yayınlar Dergisi (TAY Journal). 2022;6:346–381.
MLA
Kayaalp, Fatih. “The Role of Writing-to-Learn Method in Teaching About Natural Disasters and Environmental Issues: A Mixed Methods Study”. Türk Akademik Yayınlar Dergisi (TAY Journal), vol. 6, no. 2, Dec. 2022, pp. 346-81, https://izlik.org/JA79BS99UA.
Vancouver
1.Fatih Kayaalp. The Role of Writing-to-Learn Method in Teaching About Natural Disasters and Environmental Issues: A Mixed Methods Study. Türk Akademik Yayınlar Dergisi (TAY Journal) [Internet]. 2022 Dec. 1;6(2):346-81. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA79BS99UA

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