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Year 2025, Volume: 33 Issue: 2, 240 - 252, 25.04.2025

Medine Aslan , Ferhat Öztürk

https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.1682922

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References

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  • Baki, A., & Gökçek, T. (2012). A general overview of mixed method researches. Electronic Journal of Social Sciences, 11(42), 1-21.
  • Bell, E. S., & Bell, R. N. (1985). Writing and mathematical problem solving. School Science and Mathematics, 85(3), 210-221.
  • Biber, B. (2012). Science teachers’ perceptions toward writing and levels of writing-to-learn implementations (Master thesis). Obtained from Council of Higher Education Thesis Center. (Tez No. 319665)
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  • Borasi, R., & Rose, B. J. (1989). Journal writing and mathematics instruction. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 20, 347-365.
  • Braun, B. (2014). Personal, expository, critical, and creative: Using writing in mathematics courses. PRIMUS: Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies, 24(6), 447-464.
  • Burns, M. (2004). Writing in math. Educational Leadership, 62(2), 30-33. Carpenter E. (2012). Demonstrating Knowledge and Understanding through Mathematical Writing. Erişim adresi: https://www.gcsu.edu/sites/files/page-assets/node-808/attachments/carpenter.pdf
  • Cisero, C. A. (2006). Does reflective journal writing improve course performance?. College Teaching, 54(2), 231-236.
  • Çontay, E. G. (2012). The effect of journal writing in surface area and volume of geometric solids on achievement and geometry self-efficacy of 8th grade students (Master thesis). Obtained from Council of Higher Education Thesis Center. (Tez No. 330564)
  • Çontay, E. G., & Duatepe-Paksu, A. (2018). The effect of journal writing on achievement and geometry self-efficacy of 8th grade students. Necatibey Faculty of Education Electronic Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 12(2), 167-198.
  • Crawford, A., Wendy S., Samual, R. M., & James, M. (2005). Teaching and learning strategies for the thinking classroom. United States of America: International Debate Education Association.
  • Ediger, M. (2006). Writing in the mathematics curriculum. Journal of Instructional Psycholog, 33(2), 120-123.
  • Emig, J. (1977). Writing as a mode of learning. College Composition and Communitation, 28(2), 122-128.
  • Enyart, A. M., & Van Zoest, L. R. (1998). Mathematics the write way. In L. Leutzinger (Edt.), Mathematics in the middle (pp. 165-169). Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
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  • Galbraith, D. (1999). Writing as a knowledge-constituting process. In D. Galbraith and M. Torrance (Edt.), Knowing what to write: Conceptual processes in text production. Studies in writing (pp. 139-160). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
  • Green, S. B., & Salkind, N. J. (2014). Using SPSS for windows and macintosh: Analyzing and understanding data (7. Edition). United Kingdom: Pearson Education.
  • Günel, M. (2009). Writing as a cognitive process and learning tool in elementary science education. Elementary Education Online, 8(1), 200-211.
  • Hiemstra, R. (2001). Uses and benefits of journal writing. In L. M. English & M. A. Gillen (Eds.), Promoting journal writing in adult education (pp. 19-26). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
  • Ho, L. (2019, July 9). The Power of Tapping into Your Hidden Creativity [Web log post]. Retrieved from https://www.lifehack.org/842582/power-of-tapping-into-hidden-creativity
  • Hohenshell, L., Hand, B., & Staker, J. (2004). Promoting conceptual understanding of biotechnology: Writing to a younger audince. The American Biology Teacher, 66(5) 333-338.
  • Ishii, D. K. (2003). First-time teacher-researchers use writing in middle school mathematic instruction. The Mathematics Educator, 13(2), 38-46.
  • Johnson, B., & Christensen, L. (2014). Educational research: Quantitative, qualitative and mixed research (4. Edition). (Trans. S.B. Demir). Ankara: Eğiten Book.
  • Jurdak, M., & Zein, R. A. (1998). The effect of journal writing on achievement in and attitudes toward mathematics. School Science and Mathematics, 98(8), 412-419.
  • Karadağ, S. Ş., & Öztürk, F. (2022). The effect of writing to learn activities on the academic achievement of 7th grade students on ratio, proportion and percentages. International Journal of Education Science and Technology, 8(2), 99-110.
  • Kartalcı, S. (2018). The effect of writing tecnique to development of metacognitive behaviour in mathematics teaching (Master thesis). Obtained from Council of Higher Education Thesis Center. (Tez No. 545754)
  • Kasa, B. (2009). The effect of writing activities on achievement and attitude of students for mathematics in primary education level (Master thesis). Obtained from Council of Higher Education Thesis Center. (Tez No. 239592)
  • Kesebir, G. (2019). Effects of student mathematics diaries on success, motivation and metacognitive awareness: Mixed methods design (Master thesis). Obtained from Council of Higher Education Thesis Center. (Tez No. 552391)
  • Klishis, L. A. (2003). The impact of student discourse and journal writing on the mathematics achievement of fifth grade students (Doctoral dissertation). Department of Curriculum and Instruction, West Virginia University, West Virginia.
  • Köksal, A. P. (2019). The effect of writing activities for learning purposes on the academic achievements of fifth grade students about electricity, permanence and their attitudes towards science lesson (Master thesis). Obtained from Council of Higher Education Thesis Center. (Tez No. 582870)
  • Lynch, R. K. (2003). Implementing journal writing in the mathematics classroom: Cases of three middle school teachers (Doctoral dissertation). Indiana University, USA.
  • Mason, L., & Boscolo, P. (2000). Writing and conceptual change. What changes? Instructional Science. 28, 199-226.
  • McMillan, J. H., & Schumacher, S. (2010). Research in education: Evidence-based inquiry (7th Ed.). New York: Pearson Publishing.
  • Miller, L. D. (1991). Writing to learn mathematics. Mathematics Teacher, 84(7), 516-521.
  • Nahrang, C. L., & Peterson, B. T. (1986). Using writing to learn mathematics. Mathematics Teacher, 79, 461-465.
  • Öztürk, B., & Demiroğlu-Çiçek, S. (2024). The effects of writing to learn activities on the 10th grade on teaching of ecosystem ecology. Kastamonu Education Journal, 32(4), 652-667.
  • Öztürk, B., Kaymakoğlu, H., & Demiroğlu Çiçek, S. (2022). The effect of writing to learn activities on the academic achievement of 8th grade students on periodic system. Journal of Science Teaching, 10(1), 115-138.
  • Öztürk, F., Öztürk, B., & Işık, A. (2016). The opinions of secondary school mathematics teachers on writing and writing-to-learn activities. Journal of Bayburt Education Faculty, 11(2), 306-328.
  • Prain, V., & Hand, B. (1996). Writing for learning in the junior secondary science classroom: Issues arising from a case study. International journal of Science Education, 18(1), 117-128.
  • Raquid, D. A. N., & Litao, R. A. (2023). Writing activities as ıntervention for ımproving academic achievement in mathematics. European Journal of Mathematics and Science Education, 4(3), 181-190.
  • Rivard, R., & Straw, S. (2000). The effect of talk and writing on learning science: An exploratory study. Science Education, 84, 566-593.
  • Roskin, J. (2010). Writing and student achievement and engagement in mathematics classroom (Master thesis). Caldwell College, New Jersey.
  • Sample, C. R. (1998). Urban algebra I students’ perceptions of journal writing and its effects on achievement with integers and students’ attitudes toward mathematics (Doctoral dissertation). The University of Missisippi, Missisippi.
  • Shield, M., & Galbraith, P. (1998). The analysis of student expository writing in mathematics. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 36, 29-52.
  • Stack, R. V. (1998). The effects of journal writing on the geometric understanding of preservice elementary University of South Dakota, South Dakota.teachers (Doctoral dissertation).
  • Tekin-Aytaş, Ç., & Uğurel, I. (2016). The effects of an instruction practice based on the writing activities on students’ learnings in a mathematics class. Journal of National Education, 45(211), 113-146.
  • Teuscher, D., Kulinna, P. H., & Crooker, C. (2015). Writing to learn mathematics: An update. The Mathematics Educator, 24(2), 56-78.
  • Uğurel, I., Tekin, Ç., & Moralı, H. S. (2009). An overview from the literature on writing activities used in mathematics education. E-Journal of New World Sciences Academy, 4(2), 494-507.
  • Ünlü, V., & Soylu, D. (2017). The effects of writing activities on studentsꞌ achievement, attitudes and metacognition in mathematics course. Gazi University Journal of Gazi Education Faculty 37(1), 345-360.
  • Uslu, H. (2009). Student’ ideas about writing journals in science and technology and mathematics lessons in the sixth and seventh grades (Master thesis). Obtained from Council of Higher Education Thesis Center. (Tez No. 256149)
  • Van Dijk, A., Van Gelderen, A., & Kuiken, F. (2022). Effects of instruction in writing-to-learn on low-achieving adolescents in biology and mathematics classes. Education Sciences, 12(9), 595.
  • Wills, H. (1993). Writing is learning: Strategies for math, social studies and language arts. United States of America: EDINFO.
  • Yıldırım, A., & Şimşek, H. (2011). Qualitative research techniques in social science. Ankara: Seçkin Publishing.
  • Yıldırım, Z. (2016). The effect of writing activities on mathematic achievement and attitudes of the secondary school students (Master thesis). Obtained from Council of Higher Education Thesis Center. (Tez No. 423760)
  • Yılmaz, N. (2014). The impact of using writing activities in teaching algebra on secondary school seventh grade students’ achievements. Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University Journal of Faculty of Education, 15(1), 357-376.

The Effect of Writing to Learn Activities on 5th Grade Students' Academic Achievement on Triangles and Quadrilaterals and Students' Opinions

Year 2025, Volume: 33 Issue: 2, 240 - 252, 25.04.2025

Medine Aslan , Ferhat Öztürk

https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.1682922

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of diary and letter writing activities, which are writing to learn activities, on the academic achievement of 5th grade students in the subject of triangles and quadrilaterals and to examine students' opinions about the activities.
Methodology: An explanatory design from mixed research methods was used in the study. The sample of the study consisted of a total of 96 students studying in the 5th grade of a public school in Şanlıurfa city center. One of these classes was randomly selected as the control group and three as the experimental group. The data collection tools of the study consisted of an academic achievement test and a semi-structured interview form. Since the data obtained from the academic achievement test conformed to the normal distribution, ANOVA was used to analyze these data. Content analysis method was used to analyze the data obtained from semi-structured interview forms.
Findings: According to the findings obtained from the academic achievement test, it was determined that diary and letter writing activities increased academic achievement. However, no difference was found between diary and letter writing activities in terms of academic achievement. According to the findings obtained from the semi-structured interview form, it was determined that diary and letter writing activities have positive features such as understanding the subject, repetition and permanent learning, as well as some difficulties based on students' written expression skills.
Highlights: In line with the results obtained from the study, it is concluded that journal and letter writing, which are writing to learn activities, can increase academic achievement in mathematics courses and provide teachers with important opportunities to assess students' learning by identifying their comprehension and misconceptions and to provide feedback to them.

Keywords

Writing to learn Diary writing activity Letter writing activity Triangles and quadrilaterals

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  • Bell, E. S., & Bell, R. N. (1985). Writing and mathematical problem solving. School Science and Mathematics, 85(3), 210-221.
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  • Lynch, R. K. (2003). Implementing journal writing in the mathematics classroom: Cases of three middle school teachers (Doctoral dissertation). Indiana University, USA.
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  • Öztürk, B., Kaymakoğlu, H., & Demiroğlu Çiçek, S. (2022). The effect of writing to learn activities on the academic achievement of 8th grade students on periodic system. Journal of Science Teaching, 10(1), 115-138.
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  • Prain, V., & Hand, B. (1996). Writing for learning in the junior secondary science classroom: Issues arising from a case study. International journal of Science Education, 18(1), 117-128.
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  • Rivard, R., & Straw, S. (2000). The effect of talk and writing on learning science: An exploratory study. Science Education, 84, 566-593.
  • Roskin, J. (2010). Writing and student achievement and engagement in mathematics classroom (Master thesis). Caldwell College, New Jersey.
  • Sample, C. R. (1998). Urban algebra I students’ perceptions of journal writing and its effects on achievement with integers and students’ attitudes toward mathematics (Doctoral dissertation). The University of Missisippi, Missisippi.
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  • Stack, R. V. (1998). The effects of journal writing on the geometric understanding of preservice elementary University of South Dakota, South Dakota.teachers (Doctoral dissertation).
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  • Teuscher, D., Kulinna, P. H., & Crooker, C. (2015). Writing to learn mathematics: An update. The Mathematics Educator, 24(2), 56-78.
  • Uğurel, I., Tekin, Ç., & Moralı, H. S. (2009). An overview from the literature on writing activities used in mathematics education. E-Journal of New World Sciences Academy, 4(2), 494-507.
  • Ünlü, V., & Soylu, D. (2017). The effects of writing activities on studentsꞌ achievement, attitudes and metacognition in mathematics course. Gazi University Journal of Gazi Education Faculty 37(1), 345-360.
  • Uslu, H. (2009). Student’ ideas about writing journals in science and technology and mathematics lessons in the sixth and seventh grades (Master thesis). Obtained from Council of Higher Education Thesis Center. (Tez No. 256149)
  • Van Dijk, A., Van Gelderen, A., & Kuiken, F. (2022). Effects of instruction in writing-to-learn on low-achieving adolescents in biology and mathematics classes. Education Sciences, 12(9), 595.
  • Wills, H. (1993). Writing is learning: Strategies for math, social studies and language arts. United States of America: EDINFO.
  • Yıldırım, A., & Şimşek, H. (2011). Qualitative research techniques in social science. Ankara: Seçkin Publishing.
  • Yıldırım, Z. (2016). The effect of writing activities on mathematic achievement and attitudes of the secondary school students (Master thesis). Obtained from Council of Higher Education Thesis Center. (Tez No. 423760)
  • Yılmaz, N. (2014). The impact of using writing activities in teaching algebra on secondary school seventh grade students’ achievements. Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University Journal of Faculty of Education, 15(1), 357-376.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Mathematics Education
Journal Section Research Article
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Medine Aslan 0000-0002-6480-0950

Ferhat Öztürk 0000-0003-2849-8325

Publication Date April 25, 2025
Submission Date August 1, 2024
Acceptance Date April 20, 2025
Published in Issue Year 2025 Volume: 33 Issue: 2

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APA Aslan, M., & Öztürk, F. (2025). The Effect of Writing to Learn Activities on 5th Grade Students’ Academic Achievement on Triangles and Quadrilaterals and Students’ Opinions. Kastamonu Education Journal, 33(2), 240-252. https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.1682922
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