Evaluation of creative writing products according to content and some variables

Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess elementary school students' creative writing products interms of "compliance with creative writing criteria" and content. Mixed-method approach was adopted inthis study. The research was conducted with 4th grade students (n = 122) attending three primary schoolsin the fall semester of the 2017-2018 academic year. Scale for Evaluating Creative Writing Products(SECWP) developed by Beydemir (2010) and "and students’ creative writing texts" were used to gatherdata. During qualitative part of the study, students listened Chopin’s “Nocturne op. 9 No. 2” compositionand they were asked to write about the color that they associate with the music and their feelings aboutthis color. According to qualitative findings of the study, it seemed that the participants associate Chopin'swork with blue, purple and green colors which are cold colors, and they tried to explain this associationwith the concepts related to sky, forest, love, freedom, and thought.