İlkokul Öğrencilerinin Yazma Tutumlarının ve Hikâye Yazma Becerilerinin İncelenmesi

It is believed that story writing, an important skill that enables children to express their feelings, thoughts, and imagination, may be related to students' attitudes toward writing. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between writing attitudes and story writing skills of primary school students. The research, in which the relational survey model was used, was conducted in Keçiören district of Ankara. In study, which involved 379 elementary school students in the fourth grade, “Student Personal Information Form, Writing Attitude Scale, Free Story Writing Form, Story Completion Form, Story Writing with Story Map Form and Story Writing Evaluation Rubric” were used as data collection tools. Independent groups t-test, ANOVA test, Kruskal-Wallis H test, Pearson correlation analysis were applied to the data obtained. As a result of the study, it was determined that fourth grade primary school students’ attitudes towards writing were positive, while their skills in free story writing, story completion and story writing with story map were weak. It was found that the students’ attitudes towards writing did not differ significantly according to gender, whereas the skills of free story writing, completing story and writing a story with a story map differed significantly in favour of female students. The study revealed a meaningful, positive, and low-level relationship between the writing attitudes of the participating students and their skills in free story writing, story completion, and writing a story with story map. Writing activities can be made enjoyable for students, thereby developing their attitude toward writing.