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 re search, it was determined that coo pe rative poster and
co ope rative letter applications a re significantly effective in improving the academic achievement of teacher candidates .
It was determined that there are no significant difference between the academic a chievements of teacher candidate s
who do different types of writing, but their letter writing skills are significantly higher than their poster preparation
skills