The Effect of Cooperative Letters and Cooperative Posters on the Academic Achievements of Social Studies Teacher Candidates

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of cooperative letter and cooperative poster studies on the academic achievement of social studies teacher candidates in contemporary world history course and the relationship between learning writing and course success. In the research, quantitative model was adopted and quasi-experimental design with pretest-posttest comparison groups was used. The study group of the research consists of 78 social studies teacher candidates studying at Atatürk University in the spring semester of 2019-2020. In the research, academic achievement test, letter and poster evaluation rubrics were used as data collection tools. Independent groups t-test and dependent groups t-test were used in the analyzes. As a result of the research, it was determined that cooperative poster and cooperative letter applications are significantly effective in improving the academic achievement of teacher candidates. It was determined that there are no significant difference between the academic achievements of teacher candidates who do different types of writing, but their letter writing skills are significantly higher than their poster preparation skills.

Social Issues Shared Through Posters and Videos: A Way for Enhancing Productive Skills in ESL Students

“…In another scenario, it has been reported that though many students complain because they have to design a poster, they also have read more for their presentation and this motivates them because they learned more (Kinikin & Hench, 2012). Likewise, the fact that posters allow students and teachers to discuss and analyze their posters as the final product, allows for sharing ideas, or to correct mistakes, or simply transfer more knowledge collaboratively (Akdağ & Yildiz, 2021). It is understood that any process for learning to write has certain conditions like the student"s English level, the editing process made by students with help from the teacher, take into account recommendations like paraphrasing and avoiding plagiarism, and all of them can be developed through posters (Maki Haffa et al, 2021).…”