The use of Edmodo in academic writing education

Key Findings & Data:The study group consisted of 108 students, 54 in the experimental and 54 in the controlgroup, who were enrolled in the spring semester of the 2018-2019 academic year in the Guidance andPsychological Counseling Program of a state university.

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🔬Design:Research Article

📍Scope:2018-2019 Verileri

⚙️Variables:Domain Parameters

Abstract

Academic writing intends to enunciate research findings in a certain discipline within the scientific world. Thecontents of the Turkish Language II course, offered in the spring semesters of the teacher training programs ineducation faculties, are based on academic writing skills education. The present study aims to determine the effectsof Edmodo assisted academic writing education on student achievement. A quasi-experimental design with a pretest and post-test control group was used for the quantitative part of the present study, which employed a mixedresearch design. In the qualitative part, student opinions on Edmodo assisted education were retreived via a semistructured interview form. The study group consisted of 108 students, 54 in the experimental and 54 in the controlgroup, who were enrolled in the spring semester of the 2018-2019 academic year in the Guidance andPsychological Counseling Program of a state university. The quantitative data was analyzed via SPSS anddescriptive analysis was used to interpret qualitative data. The findings of the quantitative analysis indicated thatthe experimental group had higher academic writing achievement compared to the control group. The qualitativefindings also revealed that students considered Edmodo assisted academic writing education useful.© 2020 JLLS and the Authors - Published by JLLS.

Özet

Akademik yazma, herhangi bir bilim dalında yapılan araştırma raporlarının bilim dünyasına duyurulması amacı ile gerçekleştirilir. Eğitim Fakültelerinin bahar döneminde öğretmen yetiştirme programında yer alan Türk Dili II dersinin içeriği, akademik yazma becerisi öğretimine dayanır. Bu araştırmanın amacı, Edmodo destekli verilen akademik yazma eğitiminin öğrenci başarısı üzerindeki etkisini belirlemektir. Karma araştırma deseni ile yürütülen çalışmada nicel bölüm için ön test-son test kontrol gruplu yarı deneysel desen kullanılmıştır. Nitel kısımda ise Edmodo destekli gerçekleştirilen öğretime ilişkin öğrenci görüşleri, yarı yapıladırılmış görüşme formu ile alınmıştır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunda, bir devlet üniversitesinin birinci sınıfında 2018-2019 eğitim öğretim yılı bahar döneminde öğrenim gören Rehberlik ve Psikolojik Danışmanlık Bölümünden deney grubunda 54 ve kontrol grubunda 54 olmak üzere toplam 108 öğrenci yer almıştır. Nicel verilerin analizi SPSS ile nitel verilerin analizi ise betimsel analiz ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Nicel analizler neticesinde, deney grubunun kontrol grubuna göre daha yüksek akademik yazma başarısı gösterdiği saptanmıştır. Nitel sonuçlar ise öğrencilerin Edmodo destekli akademik yazma eğitimini yararlı bulduklarını ortaya koymuştur.

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Altunkaya, H., Ayrancı, B. (2022). The use of Edmodo in academic writing education. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, Cilt: 16 - Sayı: 1, 89–103. https://ajindex.com/articles/563907

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