Supplementary exercises targeting outlining, coherence, and unity developed experimental-group students' writing skills to some extent in a controlled pre/post-test experiment¶

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q2 i? After the experiment period, students in the experimental group, who had previously lacked the ability to produce well-organized and coherent speech, showed development in writing to some extent. → Tosuncuoğlu 2018

Evidence¶

Tosuncuoğlu 2018¶

Irfan Tosuncuoğlu. (2018). Forming a Well Organized Writing Activities. Journal of Education and Training Studies, Vol. 6, No. 6. https://doi.org/10.11114/jets.v6i6.3111

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Controlled pre/post-test pedagogical experiment in English classes in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, with control and experimental groups taught by the teacher-experimentator; pre and post-test results were assessed with a scoring formula and success percentage. The author concludes students' skills "developed to some extent"; no effect size or test statistic is printed.

"Analyzing the level of students’ knowledge and skills after the experiment period by means of aforementioned formula, it can be concluded that although they had no abilities producing well organized and coherent speech (both in oral and in written form) before the experiment, through the application of additional exercises during the experiment, students’ skills in experimental group, in writing, developed to some extent."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Writing Skills — outcome: instruction changes it

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