This study investigated the effects of journal writing with or without giving feedback
and grade, compared to the traditional teaching on integral achievement of students with
different learning styles. In addition, students&rsquo / ideas about the journal writing activities in the
mathematics classes were investigated.
The study was carried out with 87 first year engineering students at Atilim University
from three classes. Two groups were assigned as experimental groups (EG1 and EG2) and
one group was assigned as the control group (CG). Students in all groups received the same
instruction on integral. Experimental groups (EG1 and EG2) also engaged in journal writing
activities besides lectures. Journal writings of the EG1 students were graded and feedback
was given. Journal writings of the EG2 students, however, were not graded and feedback was
not given.
Two open-ended achievement tests on integral were developed. One of them was used
as pre-test / the other was used as post-test. In addition, Kolb&rsquo / s Learning
Style Inventory was administered as pre-test to determine the learning styles of the students.
Follow-up interviews were conducted with ten students from EG1 and EG2. Additionally,
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classrooms were observed during the treatment. The results of the ANCOVA suggest that
neither the groups&rsquo / achievement nor the achievement of the students having different learning
styles in each group differ significantly on integral. The results of the interviews, however,
showed that students found journal writing activities as an effective teaching method and
wanted to be engaged in the activity for the future.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12605189/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 August 2004 |
| Creators | Tosmur, Nermin |
| Contributors | Ubuz, Behiye |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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