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Sidekli, Sabri – Educational Research and Reviews, 2013
The aim of written expression studies is to have students explain their knowledge, feelings, ideas and imaginations in a correct and effective manner. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of story map on story writing skills of first grade teacher candidates who study at the Department of Elementary Education. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Story Grammar, Writing Instruction, Writing Improvement
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Temizkan, Mehmet – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2011
The aim of this research is to determine the effect of creative writing activities on the skill of university students in writing story genre text. Unequaled control group model which is half experimental is used in this research. 1/A section (experimental group) of standard class and 1/B section (control group) of evening class from Turkish…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Preservice Teachers, Story Grammar
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Smith, Glenn Gordon; Gerretson, Helen; Olkun, Sinan; Joutsenlahti, Jorma – Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 2010
This study investigated whether infusing "causal" story elements into mathematical word problems improves student performance. In one experiment in the USA and a second in USA, Finland and Turkey, undergraduate elementary education majors worked word problems in three formats: 1) standard (minimal verbiage), 2) potential causation…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Word Problems (Mathematics)
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Uzuner, Yildiz; Icden, Guzin; Girgin, Umit; Beral, Ayse; Kircaali-Iftar, Gonul – International Journal of Special Education, 2005
According to recent studies, individuals with hearing loss seem to benefit from certain models or strategies, such as text related questions, designed according to the balanced literacy approach. Questions about story grammar that are asked after reading help readers organize and summarize the text. Therefore, it has been found worth to explore…
Descriptors: Story Grammar, Questioning Techniques, Hearing Impairments, Females