Development of Written Expression Skills with Flipped Learning Instruction: An Embedded Mixed Method Study

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine whether flipped learning contributes to the development of preservice Turkish teachers' written expression skills and, if it does, the extent of this contribution. To this end, firstyear students attending the Turkish teaching department in a public university in Turkey were allocated to an experimental or a control group (35 students in each) on a volunteer basis, and an experimental study was conducted. In this study, the embedded mixed-research method was selected. In order to collect the quantitative data, samples of informative and narrative texts were used at the beginning and at the end of the term. The analyses revealed that the students in the experimental group demonstrated significantly higher development in the case of both types of texts than the control group students. In order to collect the qualitative data, three students from the experimental group and three students from the control group were selected, whose writing processes were video recorded and then analyzed each week. The findings obtained from the analysis of both the quantitative and the qualitative data revealed that flipped learning is highly effective in terms of developing preservice Turkish teachers' written expression skills.

Implementing Flipped Classroom Model in Developing Basic Language Arts of the Fourth Grade Students

“…In the process, it has been observed that the students have the courage to express themselves effectively in various ways (writing, presentation, discussion, visual, banner, theatre, drama) and to carry out their works that are difficult to do with self-confidence. Some studies have parallel results (Ahmad, 2016;Ekmekci, 2017;Girmen & Kaya, 2019;Mo & Mao, 2017;Ozdemir & Acik, 2019;Turan & Akdag-Cimen, 2019;Awidi & Paynter, 2019). As students were given a plenty of time in activities, activities (such as producing ideas, designing the product, preparing and explaining when necessary) contributed to the development of students' skills and creativity while enabling them to work freely and produce products.…”

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“…The main reason for this outcome is that students participating in this study were familiar with internet applications. Digital literacy skills, as well as the competence required by the research, are effective for such studies to succeed (Özdemir & Açık, 2019).…”